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• Analysis Tools at FollowTheMoney.org

  Roth Barber highlights the many great tools at FollowTheMoney.org in this tipsheet. There's everything from an independent spending database to "A unique view of the top 10,000 donors to political campaigns at both the state and federal level—information that exists nowhere else."

  Tags: campaign spending; donors; tracking the money; L-CAT; contributors

  By Denise Roth Barber

  2012

• HealthCare Money --- finding stories in elections that can have local and national focus

  This extensive tipsheet will provide you with everything you need to follow the money going to healthcare reform this campaign season. Included are dozens and dozens of websites and tips on how to cover PACs.

  Tags: campaign finance; politics; money; PACs; healthcare

  By Alicia Mundy

  2012

• Investigations in the Fast Lane:Some Rules for the Road

  Be prepared and have a plan for when the breaking news happens. Forsyth gives great tips on what to do when the story breaks.

  Tags: breaking news

  By Jennifer S. Forsyth

  2011

• Russian companies’ and people’s records databases

  Shleynov's gives a list of public records available about companies and people in Russia; legal records; court records. Links to websites included.

  Tags: Russia; public records; people; companies; Russian tax service; legal information; court records

  By Roman Shleynov

  2010

• Campaign Finance: Tracking the Money

  This tipsheet outlines important facts for those reporting on campaign finance and outlines information reporters should look at when analyzing campaign finance information. It also provides links to several useful sites/organizations who track campaign finance information, including some that provide data for download.It also touches on lobbying information.

  Tags: campaign finance; lobbying; Federal Election Commission; FEC; PAC; political action committees; Center for Responsive Politics; Sunlight Foundation; Political Party Time; Internal Revenue Service; IRS; National Institute on Money in State Politics; TransparencyData.com; Congrelate.org

  By Jonathan D. Salant

  2010

• Following The Money

  Salant details where to look and what to look for when investigating campaign finance. He lists resources for the following: campaign contributions; lobbying; earmarks; legislative favors

  Tags: campaign finance; Federal Election Commission; FEC; Center for Responsive Politics; CRP; Sunlight Foundation; Internal Revenue Service; IRS; National Institute on Money in State Politics; OpenSecrets.org; earmarks; lobbying; legislative favors

  By Jonathan Salant

  2009

• Tracing Money In Federal Politics

  Campbell details how to track federal campaign finance information. He identified the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) as the "fountainheads of federal campaign data." Campbell gives an overview of the type of information available on these sites. And recommends searching the FEC site whenever you are backgrounding an individual.

  Tags: campaign finance; federal elections; Federal Election Commission; FEC; Internal Revenue Service; IRS; backgrounding; money in politics; political contributions; campaign donations; donors

  By Ronald Campbell

  2009

• Tracing Money in California Politics

  Campbell details how to trace campaign finance information for the state of California, \"the ATM of national politics.\" The tipsheet aids in navigating information on the Secretary of State website, identifies the different ways you can search for candidates (since the 2000 primary), how to download the info into excel.

  Tags: campaign finance; California; politics; donors; Secretary of State; money in politics; political contributions; campaign donations

  By Ronald Campbell

  2009

• Tipsheet: Money in Politics

  The author suggests resources and story ideas for reporters covering campaign finance.

  Tags: political campaigns; Sunlight Foundation; PAC; Political Action Committees; story ideas

  By Steve Henn

  2008

• CAR for Money and Politics

  The authors list and describe sources for data to use in stories about money and politics. Some of the sources are place to find concrete records, such as the Federal Election Commission and the IRS. Other sources include organizations that have already compiled the records into searchable databases, like the Center for Public Integrity and OMB watch.

  Tags: lobbyists; campaign contributions; politics; government documents; government contracts; government spending; sources; internet research

  By David Heath (The Seattle Times); Bill Allison (Sunlight Foundation); James V. Grimaldi (The Washington Post)

  2008