Bill Allison: Sunlight Foundation tools for tracking federal spending

7/29/2019 Bill Allison: Sunlight Foundation tools for tracking federal spending

1/30

Following the (other) moneyBill Allison, The Sunlight Foundation


2/30

A Washington tale Story by Ryan Singel

Wireds ThreatLevel blog

Wondered whyTelcos got immunity

Followed the money


3/30

Notice the spike

Top Verizon executives, including CEO Ivan Seidenbergand President Dennis Strigl, wrote personal checks toRockefeller totaling $23,500 in March, 2007. Prior to thatapparently coordinated flurry of 29 donations, only one ofthose executives had ever donated to Rockefeller (at least

while working for Verizon).


4/30

Dont ignore traditional money


5/30

Jim Morans earmarks


6/30

FedSpending.org top 100 contractors


7/30

(Aside: download contracting,lobbying and other data here)


8/30

Note the changed pattern


9/30

Repeated across Defense Approps


10/30

More big contractors, more money


11/30

Have you ever heard of a programmaticrequest?


12/30

Key language


13/30

These are programs


14/30

Lets look at at the E-2D AHE


15/30

In case thats not clear


16/30

Also shows who theyre buying from


17/30

From Northrop Grummans 2013 Q1Lobbying report


18/30

So what does a programmatic requestlook like?


19/30

Heres what one actually looks like


20/30

Requested in 2012 by Sen. RichardBlumenthal of Conn.


21/30

Who builds Virginia Class Subs?


22/30

So I wrote up what Id found


23/30

Two last things


24/30

From PoliticalPartyTime.org


25/30

Invites to fundraisers galore


26/30

Finally, Scout.sunlightfoundation.com


27/30

Follow specific terms


28/30

Set up email or SMS alerts


29/30

Can also get FEC filings viaFollowTheUnlimitedMoney.com


30/30

Tip sheet:

http://bit.ly/MoneyFollow

Bill Allison 202-742-1520 ex.224

ballison@s nlightfo ndation com

Documents

Bill Allison: Sunlight Foundation tools for tracking federal spending