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    The document discusses several tools and resources for accessing campaign finance information from the Federal Election Commission (FEC) and other sources. It summarizes the FEC's role as the primary regulator of campaign finance disclosure, including its practices of making all reports publicly available online in searchable and bulk formats. It also outlines tools like Real-Time FEC and Political Ad Sleuth that provide live access to FEC data and information on political television ad contracts. Additional resources discussed include the IRS Form 990 for nonprofit data and various state portals.

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    The document discusses several tools and resources for accessing campaign finance information from the Federal Election Commission (FEC) and other sources. It summarizes the FEC's role as the primary regulator of campaign finance disclosure, including its practices of making all reports publicly available online in searchable and bulk formats. It also outlines tools like Real-Time FEC and Political Ad Sleuth that provide live access to FEC data and information on political television ad contracts. Additional resources discussed include the IRS Form 990 for nonprofit data and various state portals.

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    Campaign Finance Tools

    From Sunlight Foundation


    http://snlg.ht/NPF-2015
    Bob Lannon| @boblannon

    Broadcasters
    must report
    advertising
    contracts
    Source: Sunlight Foundation

    Broadcasters
    must report
    advertising
    contracts
    Source: Sunlight Foundation

    Federal Elections Commission


    Model disclosure authority
    Primary goal is informing the public
    Good open data practices
    All disclosures available online
    Browseable, searchable interface
    Itemized, bulk data in machine-readable formats
    Transparent
    Reports and Analysis Division publishes all
    correspondence with monitored groups
    Well-documented dispute resolution process
    Maintains successive revisions of disclosure filings

    Federal Elections Commission


    Resources
    fec.gov
    Bulk Data
    New API
    TK: New Public Site!

    Monitored
    Groups

    Official Monitor

    Reporter

    PACs
    E-Filing
    Campaigns

    Filter

    Process

    Analyze

    Publish

    Invalid Data
    Amendment Requests
    Public

    Campaigns: 1 month
    Many PACs: 1 month
    Super PACs: 3 or 6 months
    Independent Expenditures: 24/48 hours

    months

    Public

    Demo: Realtime FEC

    Monitored
    Groups

    Official Monitor

    Reporter

    PACs
    E-Filing
    Campaigns

    Filter

    Process

    Analyze

    Publish

    Invalid Data
    Live feed
    Independent
    Monitoring

    Process
    Minutes

    Publish

    Public

    Monitored
    Groups

    Official Monitor

    ent

    PACs

    dm
    men

    ests
    u
    q
    Re
    Reporter

    Process
    Most
    Campaigns

    Senate
    Campaigns

    Analyze

    Publish

    ?
    Paper
    Filing
    Q3 2014 Reports
    (Filed by 9/30/2014)
    $57 Million
    80,335 pages

    Public

    Public

    Vendor

    Digitize

    Total Cost (FY14):

    $270,571
    3-4 Months

    Not Available
    Until Months
    After Election
    Source:Sunlight
    Washington
    Post
    Source:
    Foundation

    Broadcasters
    must report
    advertising
    contracts
    Source: Sunlight Foundation

    Demo: Political Ad Sleuth

    TK: Archive.orgs KNC Project


    (see pilot project here)

    Broadcasters
    must report
    advertising
    contracts
    Source: Sunlight Foundation

    IRS - Form 990


    Information

    Sources of funding
    Governance
    Grants/transfers to other organizations
    Budgets

    Sources:

    CitizenAudit.org
    GuideStar
    ProPublica's Nonprofit Explorer
    TK: CRP and Guidestars KNC Entry
    ALSO: check states data portals. Some have a lot of info.
    eg: NY, CO

    Thanks!
    Links:
    Sunlight Foundation Tools
    Real-time Federal Campaign Finance
    Political Ad Sleuth
    Slides:
    http://snlg.ht/NPF-2015
    Bob Lannon| @boblannon

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