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Jennifer Bell
12/10/09
Submitting an application to the Knight News Challenge
Hi all, I'll be submitting an application for this project to the Knight News Challenge. A draft
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Submitting an application to the Knight News Challenge
Hi all, I'll be submitting an application for this project to the Knight News Challenge. A draft
12/10/09
lukec
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Jennifer Bell
2
5/25/09
code status
Hi Luke, Yes, the code for the site exists, but isn't released as open source yet. I've been
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code status
Hi Luke, Yes, the code for the site exists, but isn't released as open source yet. I've been
5/25/09
Jennifer Bell
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Ilia Lobsanov
5
4/24/09
An early screenshot
Hello Adam, I already scraped contracts for most of the agencies onto www.disclosed.ca The raw data
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An early screenshot
Hello Adam, I already scraped contracts for most of the agencies onto www.disclosed.ca The raw data
4/24/09
jbrun
1/13/09
Help Scraping Municipal Data
Hello, Looking for a someone to help me scrape data from municipal PDFs regarding the state of
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Help Scraping Municipal Data
Hello, Looking for a someone to help me scrape data from municipal PDFs regarding the state of
1/13/09
Jennifer Bell
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David Akin
4
1/7/09
Expense Guidelines
FYI: I posted this question to the 'Political Parsers' newsgroup, and it turns out getting
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Expense Guidelines
FYI: I posted this question to the 'Political Parsers' newsgroup, and it turns out getting
1/7/09
Luke
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Jennifer Bell
2
1/7/09
REST API?
Absolutely, there will be a REST API. That's part of the point! :-) I'll be working on
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REST API?
Absolutely, there will be a REST API. That's part of the point! :-) I'll be working on
1/7/09
Jennifer Bell
12/10/08
Progress
A status update on this project: I've just gotten back from a meeting with a Montreal data
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Progress
A status update on this project: I've just gotten back from a meeting with a Montreal data
12/10/08
Jennifer Bell
2
12/2/08
Coding Meetup in Montreal, Nov. 29th
A follow-up from the code meetup last Saturday: We had 10 people attend the general project
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Coding Meetup in Montreal, Nov. 29th
A follow-up from the code meetup last Saturday: We had 10 people attend the general project
12/2/08
Jennifer Bell
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François Beausoleil
5
11/21/08
Presentation at Montreal on Rails
Thanks for forwarding the project, David. No, you didn't miss the meet-up announcement, I have to
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Presentation at Montreal on Rails
Thanks for forwarding the project, David. No, you didn't miss the meet-up announcement, I have to
11/21/08
Jennifer Bell
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Erik Wright
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8/6/08
Interesting: Expense Disclosure Pages are All Slightly Different
Actually, setting up the framework might not be that hard. I've been looking at scrubyt for the
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Interesting: Expense Disclosure Pages are All Slightly Different
Actually, setting up the framework might not be that hard. I've been looking at scrubyt for the
8/6/08
Erik Wright
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Jennifer Bell
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7/28/08
Current implementation efforts
Actually, most of the people in this group right now are from different cities... with Ottawa,
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Current implementation efforts
Actually, most of the people in this group right now are from different cities... with Ottawa,
7/28/08
Jennifer Bell
7/15/08
Possible New Data Source from Treasury Board
(Re-instating this post after taking it down pending confirmation. Apologies for double-post SPAM) I
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Possible New Data Source from Treasury Board
(Re-instating this post after taking it down pending confirmation. Apologies for double-post SPAM) I
7/15/08
Marc
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ConstructivEthos
5
7/9/08
Who Are You ?
I am Neil Egsgard. I believe that life tends to be constructive and collaborative and that as a
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Who Are You ?
I am Neil Egsgard. I believe that life tends to be constructive and collaborative and that as a
7/9/08
Jennifer Bell
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Scott Hennig
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7/8/08
What are the sorts of questions that you would like the system to answer?
Hey! Good idea on the ATI. Claire actually had that same thought a few weeks ago. Jennifer On Jul 7,
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What are the sorts of questions that you would like the system to answer?
Hey! Good idea on the ATI. Claire actually had that same thought a few weeks ago. Jennifer On Jul 7,
7/8/08
Jennifer Bell
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Scott Hennig
2
7/7/08
How to Prevent Over-Zealous Auditing
imdb.com requires a certain volume of ratings until they take a users rating into account. Meaning
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How to Prevent Over-Zealous Auditing
imdb.com requires a certain volume of ratings until they take a users rating into account. Meaning
7/7/08
Marc
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Jennifer Bell
2
7/1/08
"It's More Than Talk"
I agree, and I think many other people are coming to the same conclusion as well. There's been
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"It's More Than Talk"
I agree, and I think many other people are coming to the same conclusion as well. There's been
7/1/08
Jennifer Bell
5/8/08
How will new information be monitored? (New expense items)
How could advocacy groups use the system to monitor new information as it comes in? Some ideas: When
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How will new information be monitored? (New expense items)
How could advocacy groups use the system to monitor new information as it comes in? Some ideas: When
5/8/08
Jennifer Bell
5/8/08
Welcome -- While We're Waiting
Welcome to the discussion group for the VisibleGovernment Expense Database project. While we're
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Welcome -- While We're Waiting
Welcome to the discussion group for the VisibleGovernment Expense Database project. While we're
5/8/08