Jennifer LaFleur
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Agencies Open to the Public – Some Not So Much
by Jennifer LaFleur, ProPublica - February 8, 2010 10:49 am EST
Last Saturday was the deadline for federal departments and agencies to launch their open-government Web pages under a directive issued by the White House Office of Management and Budget. Our Transparency Tracker clocked the progress of some of those pages and found that while many agencies posted their new pages, there are some stragglers. We found no open-government sites for the CIA, the Federal Election Commission or the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
For those agencies that did make the deadline, the quality of … more…
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by Jennifer LaFleur, ProPublica - February 4, 2010 1:39 pm EST
Our Transparency Tracker Notices New SEC ‘Open’ Page
by Jeff Larson and Jennifer LaFleur, ProPublica - January 28, 2010 12:45 pm EST
Interactive: Track Whether Agencies Are Following Through on President’s Transparency Orders
by Jennifer LaFleur, ProPublica - January 21, 2010 4:42 pm EST
Get Some Tricks for Tracking Stimulus Funds
by Jennifer LaFleur, ProPublica - January 4, 2010 11:01 am EST
Search Stimulus Spending In Your County (With the Latest Data!)
by Jennifer LaFleur, ProPublica - December 10, 2009 6:00 am EST
How We Compiled and Analyzed Stimulus Spending
by Jennifer LaFleur, ProPublica - December 9, 2009 2:37 pm EST
White House Gives Agencies Transparency To-Do List
by Jennifer LaFleur, ProPublica - December 8, 2009 1:31 pm EST
Workshop on Government Openness Is Closed to Public
by Jennifer LaFleur, ProPublica - December 7, 2009 1:06 pm EST
Obama Backtracking on Transparency Promise?
by Jennifer LaFleur, ProPublica - November 30, 2009 10:10 am EST
Are the Criticisms of the Gov’s Stimulus Site Legit?
by Michael Grabell and Jennifer LaFleur, ProPublica - November 19, 2009 10:24 am EST
ProPublica’s FAQ for Recovery.gov
by Michael Grabell and Jennifer LaFleur, ProPublica - November 9, 2009 3:52 pm EST
ProPublica’s Unofficial Guide to Recovery.gov
by Michael Grabell and Jennifer LaFleur and Amanda Michel and Christopher Flavelle, ProPublica - October 30, 2009 5:02 pm EST
Stimulus Database: See Which Contractors Are Cashing In
by Jennifer LaFleur, ProPublica - October 22, 2009 3:13 pm EST
We Made Recovery.gov’s New Stimulus Data Easier to Download
by Michael Grabell and Jennifer LaFleur, ProPublica - October 16, 2009 12:31 pm EST
Poll Finds Americans Not Seeing Stimulus Impact
by Jennifer LaFleur, ProPublica - October 6, 2009 2:27 pm EST
DOJ Says It’s Pushing Agencies on Openness
by Jennifer LaFleur, ProPublica - September 30, 2009 3:36 pm EST
Leadership PACs: Let the Good Times Roll
by Marcus Stern and Jennifer LaFleur, ProPublica - September 26, 2009 10:32 am EST
A Rare Victory for Disability Rights in Florida
by Jennifer LaFleur, ProPublica - September 25, 2009 11:23 am EST
Phantom School Districts Tagged for Stimulus Dollars
by Jennifer LaFleur, ProPublica - September 25, 2009 9:13 am EST
One Foreign Actor We Didn’t Expect To Discover
by Jennifer LaFleur, ProPublica - August 19, 2009 1:57 pm EST
Adding it up: The Top Players in Foreign Agent Lobbying
By Anupama Narayanswamy and Luke Rosiak, Sunlight Foundation
and Jennifer LaFleur, ProPublica
- August 18, 2009 1:34 pm EST
Opening the Window on Foreign Lobbying
By Anupama Narayanswamy and Luke Rosiak, Sunlight Foundation
and Jennifer LaFleur, ProPublica
- August 18, 2009 1:28 pm EST
Stimulus Spending Fails to Follow Unemployment, Poverty
by Michael Grabell and Jennifer LaFleur, ProPublica - August 5, 2009 2:38 pm EST
Obama Hedges on Mandatory Community Services
by Jennifer LaFleur, ProPublica - July 30, 2009 12:35 pm EST
Will Obama Clean Up Government Secrecy Labeling?
by Jennifer LaFleur, ProPublica - July 10, 2009 3:20 pm EST
Obama Boosts In-Home Services for the Disabled
by Jennifer LaFleur, ProPublica - June 22, 2009 1:02 pm EST
Nursing Homes Get Old for Many With Disabilities
by Jennifer LaFleur, ProPublica - June 21, 2009 10:00 pm EST
Landmark Case: A Decade After Olmstead, Progress Slow on Disability Rights
by Jennifer LaFleur, ProPublica - June 19, 2009 9:45 pm EST
Gov’s Got Data
by Jennifer LaFleur, ProPublica - May 21, 2009 2:44 pm EST
The White House Is Open to Your Suggestions on Openness
by Jennifer LaFleur, ProPublica - May 21, 2009 12:19 pm EST
White House Office Not Covered by FOIA
by Jennifer LaFleur, ProPublica - May 20, 2009 1:16 pm EST
Stimulus Energy Aid Found to Favor Cold Regions
by Jennifer LaFleur, ProPublica - May 7, 2009 8:00 am EST
Stimulus Energy Aid Found to Favor Cold Regions
by Jennifer LaFleur, ProPublica - May 7, 2009 7:58 am EST
Weatherization Funds: Cold vs. Warm Weather States
by Jennifer LaFleur, ProPublica - May 6, 2009 1:45 pm EST
How States Stack Up on Weatherization Funds
by Jennifer LaFleur, ProPublica - May 6, 2009 12:38 pm EST
Transparency Groups: Obama Makes Strides but Still Has Work to Do
by Jennifer LaFleur, ProPublica - April 28, 2009 3:54 pm EST
State Stimulus Reports Could Use Some Clarity (Literally)
by Jennifer LaFleur, ProPublica - April 6, 2009 9:17 am EST
AG Holder Directs Agencies to be Transparent
by Jennifer LaFleur, ProPublica - March 20, 2009 2:11 pm EST
Talking With the Former FOIA Czar
by Jennifer LaFleur, ProPublica - March 12, 2009 12:25 pm EST
Investigative Highlights From the (Closing) Rocky Mountain News
by Jennifer LaFleur, ProPublica - February 27, 2009 4:30 pm EST
Gov’t Reports Slam IRS for Lax Oversight of Tax Preparers
by Jennifer LaFleur, ProPublica - February 26, 2009 11:18 am EST
Obama’s DOJ Opposes Lawsuit to Release Missing Bush E-mails
by Jennifer LaFleur, ProPublica - February 23, 2009 10:31 am EST
Stimulus Infrastructure Funding Short-Changes States With High Unemployment
by Jennifer LaFleur, ProPublica - February 17, 2009 1:17 pm EST
Will We Be Able to Follow the Money?
by Jennifer LaFleur, ProPublica - February 16, 2009 9:00 am EST
Stimulus Infrastructure Funding Short-Changes States with High Unemployment
by Jennifer LaFleur, ProPublica - February 15, 2009 12:09 pm EST
No Whistleblower Protections for Fed Workers in Stimulus Bill
by Jennifer LaFleur, ProPublica - February 13, 2009 6:08 pm EST
What Gov’t Docs Would You Like to See Published?
by Jennifer LaFleur, ProPublica - February 12, 2009 8:58 am EST
Search What the Senate Cuts Mean for Your School District
by Jennifer LaFleur and Michael Grabell, ProPublica - February 11, 2009 11:38 am EST
ShovelWatch: How Much Your School District Stands to Lose in Stimulus Bill Construction Funds
by Jennifer LaFleur and Dan Nguyen, ProPublica - February 11, 2009 10:36 am EST
WikiLeaks Publishes CRS Reports; Gov’t Still Doesn’t
by Jennifer LaFleur, ProPublica - February 10, 2009 4:18 pm EST
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Jennifer LaFleur was the computer-assisted reporting (CAR) editor starting in 2003 for The Dallas Morning News, where she worked on the investigative team. She has directed CAR at the San Jose Mercury News and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and was IRE’s first training director. She has won awards for her coverage of disability, legal and open government issues. Ms. LaFleur is the co-author of IRE’s Mapping for Stories: A Computer-Assisted Reporting Guide.
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