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Created by dipity on Apr 2, 2009

Last updated: 04/02/09 at 04:06 AM

• A MISMANAGED, BANKRUPT ENTITY PAYING OUT BIG BONUSES WITH TAXPAYER DOLLARS: “While Congress has ...
  Apr 1, 2009 8:30 PM

  Excerpt ...employees with extra cash — also courtesy of taxpayers. Capitol Hill bonuses in 2008 were among the highest in years, according to LegiStorm, an organization that tracks payroll data. The average House aide earned 17% more in the fourth quarter of the year,... Source Info Instapundit
  http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/instapundit/main/~3/o0RmzeA6z38/

• Like AIG, Congress Gives Bonuses in Tough Times
  Apr 1, 2009 12:22 PM

  Excerpt ...paid, than in previous quarters, according to data compiled by LegiStorm. That was the biggest upward blip in the eight years LegiStorm has recorded payroll information. Members of Congress are free to pay their staffers whatever they want, up to an annual... Source Info NewsMax
  http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/congress_bonuses_bad/2009/04/01/198491.html?utm_medium=RSS

• Pay for "performance"?
  Apr 1, 2009 11:17 AM

  Excerpt ...when the bonuses were paid, than in previous quarters, according to the data. That was the highest jump in the eight years LegiStorm has compiled payroll information. Total end-of-year bonuses paid to congressional staffers are tiny compared with the $165... Source Info Merde in France
  http://no-pasaran.blogspot.com/2009/04/pay-for-performance.html

• Congress Gave Out Over $9.1 Million In Bonuses in 2008 (Video)
  Mar 31, 2009 11:04 PM

  Excerpt ...the year, when the bonuses were paid, than in previous quarters, according to the data. That was the highest jump in the eight years LegiStorm has compiled payroll information... Last year alone, more than 200 House lawmakers, both Republicans and Democrats,... Source Info Gateway Pundit
  http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2009/04/congress-gave-out-over-91-million-in.html

• Lawmakers Have Long Rewarded Their Aides With Bonuses
  Mar 31, 2009 7:47 PM

  Excerpt ...employees with extra cash -- also courtesy of taxpayers. Capitol Hill bonuses in 2008 were among the highest in years, according to LegiStorm, an organization that tracks payroll data. The average House aide earned 17% more in the fourth quarter of the year,... Source Info Huffington Post
  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/31/lawmakers-have-long-rewar_n_181546.html

• Hasselbeck attacks Obama at McCain Palin rally
  Oct 29, 2008 8:30 PM

  Elizabeth Hasselback attacked Barack Obama for being a hypocrite on equal pay for equal work. But is Obama really a hypocrite? Or is Hasselback just helping the McCain/Palin campaign to spread lies? Link: http://www.legistorm.com/member/76/Sen_Barack_Obama/48/salary_title_id/asc.html

• LegiStorm and Conducting the Peoples' Business
  Apr 11, 2008 8:46 AM

  Excerpt ...public, but as Salon’s Farhad Manjoo points out, the information has already been public thanks to Congress, not Legistorm. Legistorm just makes the information more accessible to regular folks on the web. While Hill staffers are up in arms, public opinion... Source Info techPresident
  http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techpres/~3/268453844/23882

• LegiStorm Publicizes Congressional Staffer Info
  Apr 9, 2008 3:47 PM

  Excerpt ...available publicly. But the finger-pointing at LegiStorm only highlights Congress’s aversion to accountability. Congress, not LegiStorm, is responsible for making the information public in the first place. So, Congress gathers and releases the private information... Source Info Grizzly Groundswell
  http://grizzlygroundswell.com/archives/2016

• LegiStorm Setting Off Furor Over Private Information
  Apr 9, 2008 12:49 PM

  Excerpt ...statements should be reviewed and edited to remove their signatures and addresses. That would be an expensive project for LegiStorm and it is not truly their responsibility. If there is sensitive information in any of these documents, then the committee responsible... Source Info Associated Content
  http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/704265/legistorm_setting_off_furor_over_private.html

• LegiStorm Makes Capitol Hill Staffers Mad Whos Right
  Apr 9, 2008 12:48 PM

  Excerpt ...government Capitol Hill financial records have always been available upon written request from the public. Now, a firm called LegiStorm is making these records available to the public online. According to an article in the Washington Bureau Tribune, written... Source Info Associated Content
  http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/704227/legistorm_makes_capitol_hill_staffers.html

• Legi-Staff Blustering over LegiStorm
  Apr 9, 2008 7:40 AM

  Excerpt ...available publicly. But the finger-pointing at LegiStorm only highlights Congress's aversion to accountability. Congress, not LegiStorm, is responsible for making the information public in the first place. And if Congress is that irresponsible with staffers'... Source Info Huliq.com
  http://www.huliq.com/56441/legistaff-blustering-over-legistorm

• LegiStorm founder makes offering to angry staffers
  Apr 4, 2008 1:45 AM

  Excerpt ...staff by posting personal information contained on disclosure forms is offering an olive branch. Jock Friedly, who created LegiStorm to bring more transparency to government documents, made the offer in a posting on his website Thursday after a story in... Source Info The Hill
  http://thehill.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=72417&Itemid=70

• LegiStorm Releases Congressional Staffer Personal Financial Disclosures
  Feb 26, 2008 12:16 AM

  Excerpt ...LegiStorm, the Web site that first caused controversy in Washington by publishing congressional staffers salaries, has now launched the first database of personal financial disclosures for thousands of the most powerful aides. Washington, DC (PRWEB)... Source Info Emediawire.com
  http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/02/prweb720784.htm

• LegiStorm Offers New Way to Keep Score on Congress
  Nov 11, 2007 12:48 AM

  Excerpt ...feature, The Score, brings even more transparency to the legislative branch. Washington, DC (PRWEB) November 11, 2007 -- LegiStorm is now offering a new way to keep score on Congress. LegiStorm's latest free website feature, The Score, accessible via http://www.legistorm.com/score/index.html... Source Info Emediawire.com
  http://prweb.com/releases/2007/11/prweb568537.htm

• Legistorm Storm
  Dec 12, 2006 6:47 AM

  Excerpt ...is a web-database with information on the salaries of all Congressional staff.  (It was started by a friend, Jock Friedly.)  You can find data, for example, on which representatives spend the most say on press secretaries.  The salary data has always been... Source Info Marginal Revolution
  http://www.marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2006/12/legistorm_storm.html

• Web site that lists Capitol Hill salaries an overnight sensation
  Sep 28, 2006 3:50 AM

  Excerpt ...computers housed in Congress -- and elsewhere. It was a sign of the intense interest in the just-launched LegiStorm ( www.legistorm.com ) percolating on Capitol Hill and political blogs. The site quickly went back online, offering a window for Hill staff... Source Info San Francisco Chronicle Related Topics
  http://feeds.sfgate.com/~r/sfgate/rss/feeds/news/~3/28824426/article.cgi

• Hill Salary Site Proves Too Big a Hit
  Sep 26, 2006 6:03 PM

  Excerpt ...a sign of the intense interest percolating on Capitol Hill and political blogs about the just-launched LegiStorm ( http://www.legistorm.com/ ). The site quickly went back online, offering a window for Hill staff and strangers alike into what everyone -- from... Source Info The Washington Post
  http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/26/AR2006092601277.html?nav=rss_politics

• LegiStorm.com Makes U.S. Congress's Staff Salaries Transparent on Web
  Sep 18, 2006 12:59 AM

  Excerpt ...free. The site is supported by advertising. LegiStorm is considering offering additional subscription services in the future. LegiStorm.com is a creation of LegiStorm LLC, a company based on Capitol Hill. Its sister company, Storming Media LLC, is the leading... Source Info Emediawire.com Related Topics
  http://www.prweb.com/releases/congressional/salaries/prweb438464.htm