We have a special update to the Tribune’s government employee salary database, adding recently acquired salary data from the last six agencies missing from the the University of Texas System, Texas Woman’s University and the Sabine River Authority.
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Interactive: Texas Congressional Personal Financial Disclosures
Curious which Texans in Congress are investing in oil and natural gas, and who has a wallet full of credit cards? The Clerk’s Office at the U.S. House of Representatives released lawmakers’ 2011 financial disclosure reports today. The Texas Tribune has uploaded all the documents here.
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Another State Agency Data Breach Reported
The Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services said today that the personal data of about 4,900 current and former state employees may have been exposed in a security breach.
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“On the Records” Under New Management
Data journalism guru Matt Stiles may have left the building but Ryan Murphy and Becca Aaronson will be keeping the tradition and spirit of @stiles alive by continuing to update the data blog On the Records and the @TribData Twitter account.
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Data App: 27 New Entities, 30 Updated in Public Salaries Database
We’ve added 27 new entities — including university systems, transit authorities, and appraisal and school districts — to the Tribune’s government employee salaries database and updated 30 others, bringing the total number to 129, with salary data for 660,000 public employees.
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How Do You Solve a Problem Like a Data Breach?
It’s been more than a month since state officials acknowledged they’d exposed millions of Texans’ Social Security numbers and other information online. Matt Largey of KUT News reports what the state’s been doing to make sure something like this doesn’t happen again.
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On the Records: Complaints Lead Valley Paper to Pull Salary Data
In an apology issued Thursday morning, The Monitor announced that, in response to reader complaints, it will remove public school district salary data it posted earlier this week.
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Senate OKs Bill to Promote Texas Data Transparency
Data enthusiasts may be cringing at proposed federal cuts to data transparency websites, but the Texas Senate passed a bill today that would promote state transparency by requiring agencies to post high-value data sets online.
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650,000 Employees Now in Government Pay App
We’ve pushed the first update of the New Year to our government salary database, which now includes data on more than 650,000 employees from more than 100 entities. This update refreshes the salaries of more than 20 public agencies and adds 13 new entities.
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Compare How the 2010 Candidates Spent Their Campaign Money
How did the candidates on the ballot last year compare in their political spending on advertising, polling and staff? Use our interactive bubble chart to explore category data released recently by the Texas Ethics Commission.