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  "id": "1999-september-tipsheets-on-lobbying",
  "slug": "1999-september-tipsheets-on-lobbying",
  "url": "https://dwillis.github.io/uplink/article/1999-september-tipsheets-on-lobbying.html",
  "year": 1999,
  "month": "September",
  "monthNum": 9,
  "headline": "Tipsheets on lobbying",
  "kicker": "",
  "author_name": "",
  "author_title": "",
  "affiliation": "IRE",
  "summary": "This article directs journalists to IRE tipsheets that provide government contact information and resources for researching lobbying activities, ethics laws, and lobbyists' involvement in elections across different jurisdictions.",
  "keywords": [
    "lobbying",
    "government",
    "tipsheets"
  ],
  "topics": [
    "Government & Politics",
    "Investigative Methods"
  ],
  "technologies": [
    "Internet",
    "World Wide Web"
  ],
  "full_text": "Take a look at Tipsheet #116, a one-page source list of government office contacts that have Information on lobbying activities.\n\nTipsheet #100 provides state-by-state listings of agencies that administer ethics and lobby laws.\n\nAnother helpful tipsheet regarding lobbyists is Tipsheet #923, \"Lobbyists and local elections,\" from the 1999 National CAR Conference.\n\nAll tipsheets are available online at www.ire.org/resourcecenter",
  "provenance": {
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    "extracted_at": "2026-07-05",
    "verified": true
  },
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