Turning House and Senate Office Expenditures Reports into Data
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Turning House and Senate Office Expenditures Reports into Data
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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. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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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
…and COULD be (already in data form?)
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.
Why does that matter?
That’s not all….
Not all fun and games
Access made meaningful
• PDFs are better, but not sufficient
• Contact us:– [email protected]– @skrmhlz– [email protected]– @opensecretsdc
