ABC News & GMA help find lost child support

October 24, 2011

ABC News & “Good Morning America” helps viewers find lost child support money in unclaimed property databases.

By Elisabeth Leamy

Unclaimed money comes from many sources, and unclaimed child support is just the latest little pot of gold we’ve discovered at “Good Morning America” in our quest to “Show You the Money.”

Actually, unclaimed child support may be a big pot.

It’s hard to quantify because unclaimed child support is managed at the state level in some places and at the county level in others, but, by some accounts, there may be as much as $750 million out there, waiting for American children.

Read the rest of the article here.

Here are the most popular databases mentioned in the article available for search on the web:

Florida: Click HERE to visit the site.

Illinois, Cook County: Click HERE to visit the site.

Illinois, Will County: Click HERE to visit the site.

Indiana, Elkhart County: Click HERE to visit the site.

Michigan: Click HERE to visit the site.

Ohio, Franklin County: Click HERE to visit the site.

Ohio, Summit County: Click HERE to visit the site.

Oregon: Click HERE to visit the site.

South Carolina: Click HERE to visit the site.

South Carolina, Spartanburg, County: Click HERE to visit the site.

Wisconsin: Click HERE to visit the site.

 

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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.

Read the rest here at ImpactNews.com

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