Notes posted by or alerting Matthew
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rjgwood
@Matthew Love the site! Thanks for setting this up....will be definitely talking to some groups that I know to help w/ this fabulous project!
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Dan
@kevin @Matthew Given the donor matching system, does it help or hurt to add middle initials when adding a person? For example (hypothetical), would it better to add Ian P. Freely or just Ian Freely? Does the Open Secrets search for matching donors include the middle initial or no? Also it's clear you want to have as complete a bio as possible in order to utilize the donor match function - correct?
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kevin
@rdhyee we don't have plans to integrate that on the view yet, though it would make sense. perhaps a link like "Laura Tyson - Dean (thru Haas Business School)" could show up on UC's page? @Matthew - what do you think?
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kevin
To all obamaadmin analysts (@joshmumm, @Bob, @kevin, @Matthew, @Destructor, @ahier, @Priscilla, @Aleinad, @sundin, @leia):
The Obama White House visitors list is really shaping up! We are at 146 names, and it includes visitors to many of the top officials in the White House -- the President, Larry Summers, Rahm Emanuel, Valerie Jarrett, Cass Sunstein, Nancy-Ann DeParle.
Let's shoot for 200 (though the list can continue to be updated). If you need more names, let me know.
We are rolling out an awesome new tool for bulk adding at the end of this month -- you all will be some of the first to test-drive it.
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kevin
Chamber group--
Beyond the political $ data (see http://blog.littlesis.org/tag/chamber-of-commerce/) we're working on compiling more info on the board members -- relationships showing where they've worked, what boards they sit on, where they went to school, what clubs they belong to, etc., so that we can do a bit more analysis.
Five of you are working through the board list -- if you need a hand, just say so. And if you don't currently have an assignment, there's other stuff to be working on, for instance on the Committee of 100. Always!
Great work so far everyone.
Feel free to reply all to this message by copying the recipient list below.
this message sent to all members of the Chamber group:
@cunctator @andrew.stecker @joshmumm @Destructor @ellenp @Matthew @sundin @leia @kevin
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Matthew
Linda Robertson, former Enron lobbyist and assistant to Rubin and Summers at Treasury, became a senior adviser to the Fed in July. She's advising on "strategic planning and day-to-day issues involving their interactions with the Congress".
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Matthew
@Kyle It's always good to pause for a sanity check!
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Priscilla
@Matthew
I don't know if you can help me with this , but the OpenSecrets webpages have lost their scroll bar thus I cannot use them. I emailed the webmaster but I thought you might be able to to contact them also.
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Matthew
@Priscilla (and others), sorry the site has been slow since late last week. We've made some fixes to get it back to normal speed, and will keep a close eye on it.
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Kyle
@Matthew Good find re: Gephardt! At a certain point, we may want to report on this list in narrative form...
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