Data applications are reshaping Texas government transparency

March 20, 2011

Data applications are reshaping government transparency, panel says

By Andrea Leptinsky
Saturday, 12 March 2011

New technologies and resources are helping local and federal organizations deliver large amounts of data to the public. And according to one SXSW Interactive panel, this availability is extremely convenient in a time of budget crises and transparency demands.

Jeremiah Akin, team lead of the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts’ data team, and Michael Castellon, e-communications coordinator and editor with the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, said many agencies are turning to Google Maps and Google Earth, and are using KML data to visualize raw information online and on mobile devices. Their panel, “Why visualizing government data makes taxpayers happy,” took place at the Austin Convention Center on March 12.

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Unclaimed Funds of the Rich and Famous

March 3, 2011

MarketWatch.com Article by Tom Bemis

Thursday, February 10, 2011

From Angelina to Zsa Zsa, Steven Jobs to Sergey Brin, the chairman of the Fed to the CEO of Goldman Sachs, the famous and the rich share a common failing with the rest of us: they’ve misplaced some of their money.

Nationwide the pool of unclaimed property held by states is close to $33 billion and growing.

A MarketWatch review of some of the major unclaimed property sites maintained by the states revealed some surprising names and organizations that have unclaimed property.

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See the full list of celebrities with unclaimed property here.

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