The Center for Responsive Politics is posting 200 million data records on-line today — FOR FREE. The data set will be available at: http://www.opensecrets.org/action/data.php.
According to an announcement on OpenSecrets.org, the following data sets, are now available in CSV format:
-CAMPAIGN FINANCE:
“195 million records dating to the 1989-1990 election cycle, tracking campaign fund-raising and spending by candidates for federal office, as well as political parties and political action committees.”
LOBBYING:
“3.5 million records on federal lobbyists, their clients, their fees and the issues they reported working on, dating to 1998.”
PERSONAL FINANCES:
“Reports from members of Congress and the executive branch that detail their personal assets, liabilities and transactions in 2004 through 2007.”
527 ORGANIZATIONS:
“Electronically filed financial records beginning in the 2004 election cycle for the shadowy issue-advocacy groups known as 527s.”
[Hat tip to Ellen Miller and the Sunlight Foundation]
