LegiStorm 6: Financial Disclosures | Too Much Information? Never!

Personal finance, public information
When you move on to the Financial Disclosures section of LegiStorm, it’s pretty interesting to see how much information is public domain. You can find out spouse employment, outside compensation and prior employment, among other things.
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You no longer have to go through filing cabinets to see Congress members' finanancial disclosures.
Friday, April 3rd, 2009 by
Elizabeth Fairchild

LegiStorm Part 3 | More Fun Facts and Angry Politicians

LegiStorm highlights “gotchas”
Although it was United States leaders who passed the laws declaring their salaries and expenditures public information, they are none too happy that people are taking advantage of those laws. Many leaders and Congressional staffers have lashed out at Jock Friedly, creator of LegiStorm, a searchable online database [...]

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Michelle Bachmann
Thursday, April 2nd, 2009 by
Elizabeth Fairchild