Texas Tribune Launches Data Blog
The Texas Tribune today launches several database applications designed to give readers more information about their government and elected officials -- and all in one place.
Among the first offerings is the Directory, a database with the biographies, photos and other details about the 242 statewide elected officials and members of the Texas Legislature and U.S. Congress. Each Directory page has an official's biography, photograph, elections history and contact information. Readers can read each official's personal financial filings and, soon, see details about committees, campaign finance history, lobbyist contacts and staff. The Directory also has records about the ...
Comments (6)
StephenP
This is great. Now you've gotten me greedy though and wanting an easy-to-use local database, so I can figure out who all my representatives are (from the JP on up) here in the midst of suburban Houston. Thanks!
Matt Stiles
That's one of our goals, eventually. Thanks, StephenP.
j0ray
Long live open data! I'd love to be able to create my own dashboard of state data that I can access through my profile.
Well done, Texas Tribune.
wgcash
This may be the greatest initial accomplishment of TSquared. All this data is clearly public information, but very few people know how to find it. Thanks for helping promote the people's right to know,
Matt Stiles
Thanks, wgcash. That was the goal. We have some ambitious plans to add more data and make the presentation more useful. Stay tuned.
TimtheRockstar Gahagan
Excellent use of technology to give us useful information that is hard to come by for even use technical people.