Letters to the President: Process Improvement

Posted: May 19th, 2009 | Author: admin | Filed under: politic | Tags: , , , , | 2 Comments »

In response to the recent NYTimes piece about the process by which the White House sorts through thousands of letters addressed to Obama, I was thinking about the process that they use.

This is the CURRENT PROCESS:


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McCain and Obama, Personal Finances

Posted: October 31st, 2008 | Author: admin | Filed under: politic | Tags: , , , , | No Comments »

This table presents the net worth (midpoint) and income provided in the senators’ personal financial disclosures.

Data Source: Center for Responsive Politics (OpenSecrets.org)


Obama’s Personal Income

Posted: October 31st, 2008 | Author: admin | Filed under: politic | Tags: , , , , , | No Comments »

These donut charts present Obama’s personal income disclosed for the years 2004 to 2007. If text labels are outside the viewing area, right click in each chart and select “Enable Rotation”, and then drag the donuts to rotate them. The total annual figures include only Barack’s income. Spousal (Michelle’s) income is entered as values ending with 9,999; the actual values are undisclosed.



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