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Budget Process
Jackie Bray is a single mother who lost her job as a mechanic but has a new one working at a wind turbine factory in Charlotte, North Carolina. In his State of the Union Address on Tuesday night, President Obama used this story to illustrate his vision for America’s economy. ...
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Becky Sweger
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Transparency & Data
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Budget Process
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Mattea Kramer
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Budget Process
As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, the State of the Union address is important in part because it gives a preview of the president’s forthcoming budget request. (In early February President Obama will release his budget request for fiscal year 2013, which begins on October 1, 2012.) National Priorities Project ...
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Budget Process
On Tuesday night President Obama will give the final State of the Union address of his first term. Much speculation precedes the address, and much analysis follows. But why does the State of the Union matter so much? One reason the State of the Union has been important historically is ...
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Becky Sweger
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Transparency & Data
In the latest Data Wednesday, learn how to view and export county-level data from NPP's Federal Priorities Database.
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Military & Security
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Chris Hellman
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Military & Security
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Transparency & Data
We recently took some data from the IRS and made it even better.
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Becky Sweger
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Transparency & Data
In the latest Data Wednesday post, learn how move data from the Federal Priorities Database to a spreadsheet on your own computer. From there, you're free to combine it with other spreadsheets, apply your own formulas, create graphs, or do anything else you can dream up.
