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Entries from May 2008

Who €™s Making What? Online Access to Salary Records For State and Government Employees

May 16th, 2008 · 1 Comment

How do salaries in state and government jobs compare to private company salaries? Concerned about the payment received by certain employees? All these questions can easily be answered with just a few clicks. By law, state and federal employee salary records are public records. As such, anyone can request, from any body of government, the [...]

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Tags: Georgia · News · Using Public Records · federal

Santa Barbara Launches New Online Sex Offender Database

May 9th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Santa Barbara has become one of the many counties in the United States to provide an online, searchable sex offender database for its citizens. The database is called Offender Watch, and it is managed by the Santa Barbara Sheriff’s office.
The site provides a slide-show introduction describing how to use the new system. The slide-show also [...]

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Tags: California · New Links

Campaign Finance

May 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

Watching the news or reading your daily news paper is a reminder that we are deep in election season. Among critical issues such as the environment, immigration, and the economy, another hot button topic among candidates is campaign finance.
Campaign finance refers to how money is raised for election campaigns. Some have concerns that how a [...]

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Tags: California · New Hampshire · Virginia · federal · states