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Private consultants still raking in public pension fund fees

By Mike Alberti

Amounts paid to outside investment consultants by big public pension funds as much as 36 percent of ...

Pensions State government

Data viz illuminates state-by-state underemployment, 2003 to 2012

By Mike Alberti

Visualizing the added toll, including discouraged workers and other marginally attached workers.

Employment

Independent director pay at “top 50” companies

Data Visualizations | By Samantha Cook, Meade Klingensmith, Mike Alberti

Data visualizations show median, highest, and individual director pay; reveal change over time; rank companies.

Corporations

Abandonment of poor: much worse than you thought

Data Visualizations | By Mike Alberti

The maximum value of public assistance benefits has fallen dramatically in every state between 1970 and 2011 for families of three.

Poverty State government

Judicial vacancies: show us the numbers

By Meade Klingensmith, Mike Alberti

New tools allow easy access to and filtering of 12 years of data. How long did George W. Bush take t...

Law Politics

Government support for arts down dramatically over time

By Samantha Cook

When adjusted for inflation and population, per capita funding in 2011 down 33 percent from 1983.

Role of government

One graduation for all or add-on ceremonies for minority students?

Data Visualizations | By Meade Klingensmith

What is done at flagship public universities and at top-rated private schools?

Civil rights Education

“How could we resist?” The revolving door for ex-members of Congress

By Samantha Cook

Part 3 of our data-gathering collaboration with the Center for Responsive Politics.

Open government

Top staffers for new members of Congress: uncovering their previous jobs with lobbying entities

By Samantha Cook

More than three dozen staffers for new members of Congress had at some previous point been associate...

Open government

Newly out-of-office Members of Congress: where have their top staffers gone?

By Samantha Cook

Are they working for employers that are lobbying firms or lobbying clients?

Open government

Dozens of new state limits on abortions added in 2012

By Mike Alberti

More and more women are more and more effectively denied access. Tools allow user to make custom ass...

Reproductive health services

The incredible shrinking federal workforce

By Mike Alberti

When taking into account the growing size of the population, most parts of the federal civilian work...

Role of government