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Turning House and Senate Office Expenditures Reports into Data

Turning House and Senate Office Expenditures Reports into Data Sheila Krumholz, Executive Director. House/Senate office expenditure reports. Transparency. Report images now published online Still needs improvement. …SHOULD be: machine-readable data.

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Turning House and Senate Office Expenditures Reports into Data

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  1. Turning House and Senate Office Expenditures Reports into Data Sheila Krumholz, Executive Director

  2. House/Senate office expenditure reports

  3. Transparency • Report images now published online • Still needs improvement

  4. …SHOULD be: machine-readable data

  5. …and COULD be (already in data form?)

  6. Why is better access important? • Transparency is essential to assure public confidence. • One of the few sources of information on Hill personnel that is still freely available to the public.

  7. Why does that matter?

  8. That’s not all….

  9. Not all fun and games

  10. Access made meaningful • PDFs are better, but not sufficient

  11. Contact us: • skrumholz@crp.org • @skrmhlz • info@crp.org • @opensecretsdc

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