[CivicAccess-discuss] NYTimes: Data Delayed Is Democracy Denied

[Tracey P. Lauriault]

>
> the *Center for Responsive Politics* did a routine download of F.E.C.
> data, as we’ve done hundreds of times in our 30-year history. We use the
> information to populate a database that allows anyone *to track giving by
> individual donors, their employers and their economic interests and to
> examine the links among campaign money, lobbying activity and the personal
> finances of politicians and key officials*.
>

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/17/opinion/the-fec-lags-on-campaign-finance-disclosures.html?emc=edit_th_20140717&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=58777860
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