{
  "id": "1994-september-nicar-offers-inexpensive-data-transfer",
  "slug": "1994-september-nicar-offers-inexpensive-data-transfer",
  "url": "https://dwillis.github.io/uplink/article/1994-september-nicar-offers-inexpensive-data-transfer.html",
  "year": 1994,
  "month": "September",
  "monthNum": 9,
  "headline": "NICAR offers inexpensive data transfer",
  "kicker": "Bits, Bytes and Barks",
  "author_name": "",
  "author_title": "",
  "affiliation": "NICAR",
  "summary": "NICAR offers data transfer services using various media formats and provides access to numerous government databases including FEC contributions, FAA data, and mortgage disclosure records.",
  "keywords": [
    "databases",
    "government",
    "data"
  ],
  "topics": [
    "Data & Databases",
    "Technology"
  ],
  "technologies": [
    "9-track tape",
    "magnetic tape",
    "Trakker 120",
    "Trakker 250",
    "CD-ROM",
    "magneto-optical disks"
  ],
  "full_text": "The 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). NICAR 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\nThe Institute also has FAA service difficulty reports from 1988 to 1994 on compact disk for $125. The disk includes the airmen directory. Call the Institute for an up-to-date list of prices and available data.",
  "provenance": {
    "extracted_by": "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6",
    "extracted_at": "2026-07-05",
    "verified": true
  },
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