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  "id": "1994-august-data-services-at-nicar",
  "slug": "1994-august-data-services-at-nicar",
  "url": "https://dwillis.github.io/uplink/article/1994-august-data-services-at-nicar.html",
  "year": 1994,
  "month": "August",
  "monthNum": 8,
  "headline": "Data services at NICAR",
  "kicker": "Transfer and data at reasonable prices",
  "author_name": "",
  "author_title": "",
  "affiliation": "NICAR",
  "summary": "NICAR offers affordable data transfer services for journalists using various media formats and provides access to numerous government databases including FEC contributions, FAA data, and mortgage disclosure records.",
  "keywords": [
    "data",
    "journalists",
    "databases"
  ],
  "topics": [
    "Data & Databases",
    "Technology"
  ],
  "technologies": [
    "floppy disk",
    "9-track tape",
    "magnetic tape",
    "CD-ROM",
    "magneto-optical disk"
  ],
  "full_text": "NICAR is now offering inexpensive data transfer for journalists and news organizations.\n\nThe Institute can transfer data to and from \"floppy\" diskettes, 9-track tapes, 3480/3490 cartridge tapes, Trakker 120 and 250 mb backup tapes, compact disks, and some 1.3 gb magneto-optical disks (as well as some 650 mb MO disks).\n\nNICAR also offers a number of government databases including:\n- Federal Elections Commission contributions data\n- Federal Aviation Administration data\n- Home Mortgage Disclosure Act records\n- General Services Administration federal procurement data\n- Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms gun dealer records\n- National Bridge Inventory System data\n\nCall the Institute for an up-to-date list of prices and available data. The Institute also has FAA service difficulty reports from 1988 to 1994 on compact disk for $125. The disk includes the airmen directory. Call NICAR at (314) 882-0684 for more information.",
  "provenance": {
    "extracted_by": "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6",
    "extracted_at": "2026-07-05",
    "verified": true
  },
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