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Tuesday, 9th March 2010

New Searchable Databases: Three from Illinois and Two from Texas

Several new database to share in this post.

The Daily Illini at the University of Illinois in Champaign Has Published a Several Searchable Databases Today.

1) Salary Guide

The Salary Guide database is a companion to the Salary Guide published in The Daily Illini on March 9, 2010. The database contains salaries of Urbana, Chicago and Springfield campus employees and is searchable by name, department, title and salary level.

2) Furlough List

The Daily Illini obtained documents under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act that named the administrators and employees who are affected by the University's furlough plan to cut $17 million from the University’s operating budget. Click to review the names on the Dec. 15, 2009, furlough list in our searchable database.

3) Contracts

Contracts of University employees obtained under the Freedom of Information Act are presented here for your review. Check back as we add to this area of our Web site.

Background in this Editorial

From Illinois we move to Texas. where the Center for Investigating Reporting has published a searchable database that, "allows visitors to see how cities and counties in the Lone Star State have used anti-terrorism and preparedness grants since 2003."

Background Article||| Access the Database #1 ||| #2 ||| Maps


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