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  "slug": "1995-may-from-the-nicar-library",
  "url": "https://dwillis.github.io/uplink/article/1995-may-from-the-nicar-library.html",
  "year": 1995,
  "month": "May",
  "monthNum": 5,
  "headline": "From the NICAR library",
  "kicker": "",
  "author_name": "",
  "author_title": "",
  "affiliation": "NICAR",
  "summary": "NICAR provides journalists with access to numerous federal government databases covering elections, aviation, mortgages, crime, and other regulatory data for investigative reporting, along with affordable data transfer services.",
  "keywords": [
    "databases",
    "journalism",
    "federal"
  ],
  "topics": [
    "Data & Databases",
    "Investigative Methods"
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  "full_text": "NICAR offers a number of federal government databases. Here is a list of our growing collection:\n\nFederal Elections Commission contributions data, including donations by individuals and political action committees.\nFederal Aviation Administration data, including airplane maintenance work documented in the service difficulty report, pilot licenses and grades, and aircraft registration.\nHome Mortgage Disclosure Act records, for tracking who gets loans and who gets turned down, and finding redlining patterns.\nFederal procurement data, 1992-1994, includes breakdowns by agency.\nAlcohol, Tobacco and Firearms gun dealer records.\nNational Bridge Inventory System data, includes inspection grades.\nFBI Uniform Crime Reports, a detailed compilation of crime data that includes statistical breakdowns of individual murders.\nSocial Security death records, by name and social security number, going back to 1937.\nOccupational Safety and Health Administration violation data includes worker accidents and exposures to hazardous chemicals by companies.\nU.S. Department of Transportation truck accident and census data. It includes accidents by company and road.\nU.S. Small Business Administration loan guarantees, 1989-1994. This includes the name of the business, address, amount covered by the SBA, and status, including whether the loan went bad.\nU.S. Small Business Administration disaster loan guarantees, 1989-1994. This includes individuals and businesses, the amount covered by the SBA, and the status, including whether the loan went bad.\n\nNICAR also offers inexpensive data transfer for journalists, and houses an expanding library of state databases. NICAR is also constantly adding up-to-date data.\n\nCall NICAR for up-to-date prices and more information at (314) 882-0684, or send e-mail to nicar@muccmail.missouri.edu",
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    "extracted_at": "2026-07-05",
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