OpenSecrets Open Data

I love data.  When I find great sources of data I have to record it.

Here is RAW and API data from the Federal Government.

OpenSecrets Open Data

It has:

• Campaign Finance – PAC and individual contributions to, and expenditures by, Candidates, PACs and Party Committees
• Lobbying – Clients, registrants (generally lobbying firms), lobbyists and bills lobbied
• 527s Data – Committees, Receipts and Expenditures
• Personal Finances – Agreements, Assets and Liabilities, Outside Compensation and Income, Honoraria and Gifts, Positions, Transactions, Travel
• Resource tables such as Category Codes, Expense Codes, Members of Congress, etc

Good stuff.   I will start working through this data.

Tags: Campaign Finance, Federal government of the United States, Lobbying, Political action committee, Politics, Regulation, United States, United States Congress