Friday, March 18, 2005
Investigative Reporters & Editors points to a couple of
investigations by newspapers not far from here... See the links at
IRE's Extra! Extra!, and while you're there, look at some of the workshops and resources IRE offers:
Which reminds me to get back to "spring break" grading...
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Legislators double salaries with expense checks.
Bonna de la Cruz of The (Nashville) Tennessean analyzed state data to
find that "twenty-seven Midstate lawmakers double their salaries or
better by collecting state expense checks whether they incur the
expenses or not..."
State officials overspending, despite fiscal crisis. Louis Hansen and David Gulliver of The Virginian-Pilot obtained spending records from Virginia's Department of Game & Inland Fisheries showing that "officials regularly traveled to conventions, bought expensive sporting goods and routinely exceeded limits on their state-issued charge cards..."
Farther away, Dan Gillmor pointed out this Seattle Times investigation on a "Dot-Con Job"
during the tech stock bubble of the late 1990s. The series of stories
shows a serious investment by the paper -- in reporters' time, Freedom
of Information Act challenges and legal fees. Check out the "about" page for details -- 100 interviews and 8,000 pages of documents! State officials overspending, despite fiscal crisis. Louis Hansen and David Gulliver of The Virginian-Pilot obtained spending records from Virginia's Department of Game & Inland Fisheries showing that "officials regularly traveled to conventions, bought expensive sporting goods and routinely exceeded limits on their state-issued charge cards..."
Which reminds me to get back to "spring break" grading...
10:25:36 PM #
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