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		<title>Private Investigator Research Links &#8211; Jan 2012</title>
		<link>http://pibuzz.com/2012/02/05/private-investigator-research-links-jan-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:27:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tamara Thompson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Computer tools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Genealogy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Legal]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ChangeDetection &#8211; Know when any web page changes InfoMinder &#8211; Web page tracker Commonwealth War Dead and Cemetery Database Charity and Non Profit Organizations Status Database Latest tweets and twitter trends &#124; Chirpcity Find local blogs &#8211; Placeblogger State and Local Government Search Engine Google search bookmarklet for social search across the web Find neighbors [...]]]></description>
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<p class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.changedetection.com/"target="_blank">ChangeDetection &#8211; Know when any web page changes</a></p>
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<p class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.infominder.com/webminder"target="_blank">InfoMinder &#8211; Web page tracker</a></p>
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<p class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.cwgc.org"target="_blank">Commonwealth War Dead and Cemetery Database</a></p>
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<p class="diigo-link"><a href="http://apps.irs.gov/app/eos/mainSearch.do;jsessionid=yS1JPmtbXkT8wTft8Q5XgW7yXL06TvhxGHBGXLNm90pM2Qs2sP4d!-1537840040?mainSearchChoice=revoked&amp;dispatchMethod=selectSearch"target="_blank">Charity and Non Profit Organizations Status Database</a></p>
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<p class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.chirpcity.com"target="_blank">Latest tweets and twitter trends | Chirpcity</a></p>
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<p class="diigo-link"><a href="http://placeblogger.com"target="_blank">Find local blogs &#8211; Placeblogger</a></p>
</li>
<li>
<p class="diigo-link"><a href="http://govscan.com"target="_blank">State and Local Government Search Engine</a></p>
</li>
<li>
<p class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.focusontheuser.org"target="_blank">Google search bookmarklet for social search across the web</a></p>
</li>
<li>
<p class="diigo-link"><a href="http://neighbors.whitepages.com"target="_blank">Find neighbors on a street</a></p>
</li>
<li>
<p class="diigo-link"><a href="http://cnp.ucr.edu/cnpsearchdb.html"target="_blank">California Newspaper Catalog</a></p>
</li>
<li>
<p class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.isrr.org"target="_blank">International Soundex Reunion Registry</a></p>
</li>
<li>
<p class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.avvo.com/find-a-lawyer?ref=homepage"target="_blank">Lawyer profiles and assessments &#8211; Avvo.com</a></p>
</li>
<li>
<p class="diigo-link"><a href="http://notess.com/speak"target="_blank">Greg Notess: Speaker and Presenter on Web Searching for Researchers</a></p>
</li>
<li>
<p class="diigo-link"><a href="http://californiaancestors.mysurpass.net"target="_blank">California Genealogical Society and Library Catalog</a></p>
</li>
<li>
<p class="diigo-link"><a href="http://calcat.org"target="_blank">California Libraries Catalog &#8211; find materials and libraries</a></p>
</li>
<li>
<p class="diigo-link"><a href="http://center-for-nonverbal-studies.org/6101.html"target="_blank">The Nonverbal Dictionary of Gestures, Signs &amp; Body Language Cues</a></p>
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<p class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.namus.gov"target="_blank">NamUs &#8211; National Missing and Unidentified Persons System</a></p>
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<li>
<p class="diigo-link"><a href="http://dojapp.doj.ca.gov/missing/default.asp"target="_blank">Missing Persons Database &#8211; California Dept. of Justice</a></p>
</li>
<li>
<p class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.findpeopleonplus.com"target="_blank">Google Plus Search, Google Plus Directory | Find People on Plus</a></p>
</li>
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<p class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.childwelfare.gov/systemwide/laws_policies/statutes/infoaccessap.cfm"target="_blank">Access to Adoption Records &#8211; Summary of State Laws</a></p>
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<p class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.ssa.gov/employer/ssnv.htm"target="_blank">Information and Instructions to Verify Social Security Numbers Online</a></p>
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<p class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.companieshouse.gov.uk//index.shtml"target="_blank">UK Company Information</a></p>
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<p class="diigo-link"><a href="https://pwp.interstatecompact.org/PWP"target="_blank">Interstate Compact Offender Tracking System</a></p>
</li>
<li>
<p class="diigo-link"><a href="http://sites.google.com/site/onlinedirectorysite/Home/usa"target="_blank">United States Online Historical City Directories</a></p>
</li>
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<p class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.slavevoyages.org/tast/index.faces"target="_blank">Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database of slaving voyages</a></p>
</li>
</ul>
<p class="diigo-ps">The rest of my favorite links are <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/tamarathompson"target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
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		<title>Private Investigator Research Links &#8211; June 2011</title>
		<link>http://pibuzz.com/2011/07/05/private-investigator-research-links-june-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://pibuzz.com/2011/07/05/private-investigator-research-links-june-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 18:11:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tamara Thompson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Regulation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Figures of Speech Served Fresh State and Local Government Search Engine 101 Best Websites for 2011 for discovering and sharing your family history Digital Journalist&#8217;s Legal Guide U S Commodity Futures Trading Commission &#8211; Reparations Sanctions in Effect 1984 &#8211; Present US Commodity Futures Trading Commission &#8211; Administrative Sanctions in Effect 1975 &#8211; Present SEC [...]]]></description>
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<p class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.figarospeech.com"target="_blank">Figures of Speech Served Fresh</a><a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/tamarathompson/figure of speech"><br />
    </a></p>
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<li>
<p class="diigo-link"><a href="http://govscan.com/home"target="_blank">State and Local Government Search Engine</a><a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/tamarathompson/government"><br />
    </a></p>
</li>
<li>
<p class="diigo-link"><a href="http://familytreemagazine.com/article/101-Best-Websites-2011"target="_blank">101 Best Websites for 2011 for discovering and sharing your family history</a><a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/tamarathompson/family tree"><br />
    </a></p>
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<p class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.rcfp.org/djlg/?PHPSESSID=cd3b19e9b83ff482d82c9a14894b50ab"target="_blank">Digital Journalist&#8217;s Legal Guide</a><a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/tamarathompson/courts"><br />
    </a></p>
</li>
<li>
<p class="diigo-link"><a href="http://services.cftc.gov/sirtsanctions/sirtsanctions.aspx?Topic=ReparationsSanctions"target="_blank">U S Commodity Futures Trading Commission &#8211; Reparations Sanctions in Effect 1984 &#8211; Present</a><a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/tamarathompson/OTC"><br />
    </a></p>
</li>
<li>
<p class="diigo-link"><a href="http://services.cftc.gov/sirtsanctions/sirtsanctions.aspx?Topic=AdministrativeSanctions"target="_blank">US Commodity Futures Trading Commission &#8211; Administrative Sanctions in Effect 1975 &#8211; Present</a><a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/tamarathompson/OTC"><br />
    </a></p>
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<p class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/litigation/suspensions.shtml"target="_blank">SEC Trading Suspensions</a><a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/tamarathompson/suspensions"><br />
    </a></p>
</li>
<li>
<p class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/srch-edgar?"target="_blank">Search Historical SEC EDGAR Archives</a><a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/tamarathompson/financial"><br />
    </a></p>
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<li>
<p class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/about/forms/secforms.htm"target="_blank">Securities and Exchange Commission Forms List</a><a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/tamarathompson/SEC"><br />
    </a></p>
</li>
<li>
<p class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/rules/icreleases.shtml"target="_blank">SEC Investment Company Act Notices and Orders</a><a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/tamarathompson/public"><br />
    </a></p>
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<p class="diigo-link"><a href="http://emma.msrb.org"target="_blank">Municipal Securities Disclosures</a></p>
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<p class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.nasaa.org/QuickLinks/ContactYourRegulator.cfm"target="_blank">NASAA &#8211; North American Securities Administration Association</a><a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/tamarathompson/regulator"><br />
    </a></p>
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<p class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.adviserinfo.sec.gov/(S(owztmojwj04dmnzldp0kug34))/IAPD/Content/Search/iapd_Search.aspx"target="_blank">SEC Investment Adviser Search</a></p>
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<p class="diigo-link"><a href="http://compliancereporter.com/LandingPage.aspx"target="_blank">Compliance Reporter</a></p>
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<p class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.sipc.org/how/involved.cfm"target="_blank">Securities Investor Protection Corporation</a></p>
</li>
</ul>
<p> The rest of my favorite links are <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/tamarathompson"target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
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		<title>Private Investigator Research Links &#8211; April 2011</title>
		<link>http://pibuzz.com/2011/05/04/private-investigator-research-links-april-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 18:32:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tamara Thompson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Computer tools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Genealogy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spy Gear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Surveillance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[AncestorSearch using Google Custom Search Security, Surveillance, GPS Tracking, Camera Systems, Spy Devices Lost, Unclaimed, Abandoned Assets &#34;torrance&#34; site:https://businessfilings.sos.ca.gov &#8211; Google Search Example of Ca SOS search by address, town, Agent or company name: &#34;torrance&#34; site:https://businessfilings.sos.ca.gov &#8211; Google Search Not all corporations are included. Historical newspapers and obituaries &#8211; free to search Newspaper Archives &#8211; [...]]]></description>
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<p class="diigo-link"><a href="http://randymajors.com/p/ancestorsearch.html" target="_blank">AncestorSearch using Google Custom Search</a></p>
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<p class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.brickhousesecurity.com"target="_blank">Security, Surveillance, GPS Tracking, Camera Systems, Spy Devices</a></p>
</li>
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<p class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.ncaar.org/links.html"target="_blank">Lost, Unclaimed, Abandoned Assets</a></p>
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<p class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.google.com/search?num=100&amp;hl=en&amp;newwindow=1&amp;q=%22torrance%22+site%3Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fbusinessfilings.sos.ca.gov&amp;aq=f&amp;aqi=&amp;aql=&amp;oq="target="_blank">&quot;torrance&quot; site:https://businessfilings.sos.ca.gov &#8211; Google Search</a></p>
<p class="diigo-description">Example of Ca SOS search by address, town, Agent or company name: &quot;torrance&quot; site:https://businessfilings.sos.ca.gov &#8211; Google Search Not all corporations are included.</p>
</li>
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<p class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.genealogybank.com"target="_blank">Historical newspapers and obituaries &#8211; free to search</a></p>
</li>
<li>
<p class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.newspaperarchive.com"target="_blank">Newspaper Archives &#8211; fee</a></p>
</li>
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<p class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.footnote.com/search.php?name=Category&amp;nav=4276035186"target="_blank">Newspapers &#8211; Footnote &#8211; images &#8211; free to search</a></p>
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<p class="diigo-link"><a href="http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/search/pages"target="_blank">Newspapers &#8211; search pages and images &#8211; free</a></p>
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<p class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.makeuseof.com/answers/posts-facebook-wall"target="_blank">How can I see old posts on my Facebook wall?</a></p>
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<p class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.almanacnews.com/obituaries/search.php"target="_blank">Lasting Memories &#8211; Palo Alto, Ca area obituaries</a></p>
</li>
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<p class="diigo-link"><a href="http://newswise.com"target="_blank">Newswise: news for journalists</a></p>
</li>
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<p class="diigo-link"><a href="http://biznar.com/biznar/search.html?ssid=&amp;searchMode=advanced"target="_blank">Biznar: Deep Web Business Search</a></p>
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<p class="diigo-link"><a href="http://members.cox.net/govdocs/govspeak.html"target="_blank">GovSpeak: A Guide to Government Acronyms &amp; Abbreviations</a></p>
</li>
<li>
<p class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.irfanview.com"target="_blank">IrfanView &#8211; graphic viewer</a></p>
<p class="diigo-description">Show EXIF/IPTC/Comment text</p>
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<p class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.infotoday.com/online/mar11/On-The-Net-blekko-A-New-Search-Approach.shtml"target="_blank">blekko search engine review</a></p>
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<p class="diigo-link"><a href="http://findahealthcenter.hrsa.gov/Search_HCC.aspx"target="_blank">Federally-funded health centers</a></p>
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<p class="diigo-link"><a href="http://www.inbit.com/fullshot.html"target="_blank">FullShot Screen Capture</a></p>
<p class="diigo-description">&quot;FullShot is a professional screen capture (print screen) application designed for any Windows user who needs an effortless, effective way to take screenshots of Windows screens.&quot;</p>
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<p class="diigo-link"><a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/screen-capture-elite"target="_blank">Screen Capture Elite :: Add-ons for Firefox</a></p>
<p class="diigo-description">&quot;Screen Capture Elite lets you copy or save any visible, complete or selected region or a webpage and save it as a jpeg or png image file.&quot;</p>
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</ul>
<p>The rest of my favorite links are <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/tamarathompson"target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
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		<title>Federal court disparity between the treatment of government agents and defense private investigators</title>
		<link>http://pibuzz.com/2010/02/19/federal-court-disparity-between-the-treatment-of-government-agents-and-defense-private-investigators/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 01:44:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tamara Thompson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[EvidenceProf Blog writes about two recent cases &#8212; one from the 6th Circuit, the other from the 10th &#8212; that highlight the courts&#8217; different treatment of private investigators and government agents. The government can keep a private investigator out of the courtroom when she&#8217;s not testifying, under Federal Rule of Evidence 615, because she&#8217;s not [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>EvidenceProf Blog writes about two recent cases &#8212; one from the 6th Circuit, the other from the 10th &#8212; that highlight the courts&#8217; different treatment of private investigators and government agents. The government can keep a private investigator out of the courtroom when she&#8217;s not testifying, under Federal Rule of Evidence 615, because she&#8217;s not the &#8220;employee of a party which is not a natural person [the government] designated as its representative by its attorney”.<br />
<em><a href="http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/evidenceprof/2010/02/615us-v-lottslip-copy-2010-wl-529310ca10-okla2010.html"target="_blank">Read more</a></em></p>
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		<title>State and Federal Case Law Now On Google</title>
		<link>http://pibuzz.com/2009/11/19/case-law-google-scholar/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:51:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tamara Thompson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Google Scholar is indexing the case law in all 50 states &#8211; Court of Appeals and Supreme Court &#8211; and the federal courts. As with the other Google search engines, Google Scholar makes use of its own advanced search operators. Search by keywords, personal names, inclusive dates, and specify one or more states in a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://scholar.google.com/"target="_blank">Google Scholar</a> is indexing the case law in all 50 states &#8211; Court of Appeals and Supreme Court &#8211; and the federal courts.</p>
<p>As with the other Google search engines, Google Scholar makes use of its own <a href="http://scholar.google.com/intl/en/scholar/refinesearch.html"target="_blank">advanced search operators</a>. Search by keywords, personal names, inclusive dates, and specify one or more states in a single search. Options on a single search are limited to 1) Search all legal opinions and journals; 2) Search only US federal court opinions or, 3) Search only court opinions from self-selected states.</p>
<p>Wondering which courts are included and the inclusive dates? Ask <em>Google Scholar Help</em>:</p>
<blockquote><p> Which court opinions do you include?</p>
<p>Currently, Google Scholar allows you to search and read opinions for US state appellate and supreme court cases since 1950, US federal district, appellate, tax and bankruptcy courts since 1923 and US Supreme Court cases since 1791 (please check back periodically for updates to coverage information). In addition, it includes citations for cases cited by indexed opinions or journal articles which allows you to find influential cases (usually older or international) which are not yet online or publicly available. Legal opinions in Google Scholar are provided for informational purposes only and should not be relied on as a substitute for legal advice from a licensed lawyer. Google does not warrant that the information is complete or accurate.</p></blockquote>
<p>View a list of search results with citations and a 2-line summary of text where some or all of the keywords appear. From here you can select to read an entire case or view case summaries that have cited the selected case.</p>
<p>My search query [(garbage OR trash) (curb OR curbside) +privacy], limited to California courts, 1970-2009 <a href="http://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&#038;q=%28garbage+OR+trash%29+%28curb+OR+curbside%29+%2Bprivacy&#038;btnG=Search&#038;as_sdt=2004&#038;as_ylo=1970&#038;as_yhi=2009&#038;as_vis=1"target="_blank">returned 33 cases</a>.</p>
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		<title>Government Spending Transparency Databases</title>
		<link>http://pibuzz.com/2009/02/12/government-spending-transparency-databases/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:35:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tamara Thompson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The governor of Alabama signed an executive order that creates an online database of all state government spending and legislators&#8217; relationships with lobbyists. This will go online later this year, but many other states have already made available government spending, salary and revenue databases, often in a site dedicated to issues of transparency in government. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The governor of <a href="http://www.annistonstar.com/breaking/2009/as-localupdate-0211-0-9b11o4439.htm"target="_blank">Alabama signed an executive order</a> that creates an online database of all state government spending and legislators&#8217; relationships with lobbyists. This will go online later this year, but many other states have already made available government spending, salary and revenue databases, often in a site dedicated to issues of transparency in government. </p>
<p>Review the Nevada state budget by general revenue, expenditures, departments or function at <a href="http://www.open.nv.gov/"target="_blank">Nevada Open Government</a>. Also, <a href="http://www.open.nv.gov/OpenGov/EnterVendorSearch.aep?fiscalYear=2008"target="_blank">lookup vendors</a> with state contracts.  </p>
<p><a href="http://open.georgia.gov/"target="_blank">Open Georgia</a> includes a searchable database of state employees and their salaries.</p>
<p><a href="https://ssl.sc.gov/SpendingTransparency/BudgetTransparencyMain.aspx"target="_blank">South Carolina</a> gathers together links to their various online databases including, state expenditures and salaries.</p>
<p>Similar sites have been assembled by <a href="http://opendoor.ky.gov/Pages/default.aspx"target="_blank">Kentucky</a>, <a href="http://www.treasury.ri.gov/"target="_blank">Rhode Island</a> (also see, <a href="http://transparencytrain.org/"target="_blank">Transparency Train</a>) and <a href="http://www.open.sd.gov/"target="_blank">South Dakota</a>.
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<p>Transparency rankings and states with spending online are listed at <a href="http://sunshinereview.org/index.php/States_with_spending_online"target="_blank">Sunshine Review</a>.
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<p>Track transparency in government spending issues reported by independent organizations in <a href="http://transparency.i2i.org/"target="_blank">Colorado</a> and <a href="http://www.openillinois.org/"target="_blank">Illinois</a>.</p>
<p>Legislation, citizen activism and current news on state government transparency can be found at the <a href="http://www.fiscalaccountability.org/index.php?content=state"target="_blank">Center for Fiscal Accountability</a>.</p>
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