October 3rd, 2006 | by Derek | published in Fed Data
Ken Foskett, Dan Chapman and Megan Clarke of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution used federal data to show that a federal farm official who oversees crop disaster aid also benefited from those programs: “[Duke] Lane’s businesses collected more from a federal disaster program than any other grower in America after he lobbied to relax its rules and [...]
September 29th, 2006 | by Derek | published in Fed Data
Robert Benincasa and Jennifer Brooks of Gannett News Service used federal data to find that “heart patients in wealthier communities have a better chance of getting recommended treatments at their local hospitals than patients in lower-income areas.” Using data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, GNS found that “in low-income counties, top-performing hospitals [...]
September 27th, 2006 | by Derek | published in Fed Data
The Center for Public Integrity used federal campaign data to show that “in the 2004 federal races, more than $1.78 billion flowed through a professional corps of consultants whose influence plays an important, though largely unexamined, role in the unrelenting escalation of campaign spending.” John Perry and Agustin Armendariz did the data analysis for the [...]
September 27th, 2006 | by Derek | published in Fed Data, State Data
David Hunt of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review used federal and state data to find “a decrease in teenage suicide cases nationwide, but not in Pennsylvania. Western Pennsylvania’s numbers for the most part have held steady, but some counties’ numbers are outpacing those recorded a decade ago.” The paper used data from the Centers for Disease Control [...]
September 19th, 2006 | by Derek | published in FOIA, Fed Data
Alison Young of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution used salary and bonus data for Centers for Disease Control employees to find that the “employees receiving the most frequent large cash awards and performance bonuses are not scientists, but mostly budget analysts, accountants, computer experts and other administrative managers.” The paper used FOIA to obtain the records for [...]