Trade Advisory Commitee and Industry relationships
| Discover the profiles of the Obama administration's corporate-heavy network of official trade advisers | ||
| Home page | http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/business/trade-advisory-committees/ | |
| Approach | Through a visualization of the network of the Trade office advisers working within the Obama administration, this project draws attention on the corporate interests that might influence the Trade Advisory Commitee's decisions and orientations. | |
| Phase | Released | |
| Tags | politics, obama, industry, and US | |
| Project Start Date | 2014 |
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| Launch Date | 2014 |
| Most Recent Update | 2014 |
| Thematic Focus | Lobbying |
| Issue addressed | Tracking corporate influence |
| Geographic Focus | United States |
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Description
Summary of the project and its approach
| The Obama administration's corporate-heavy network of official trade advisers has emerged as a point of sharp contention in a process that has been criticized by members of Congress and others as low on public transparency. | |
| Approach (How?) | Through a visualization of the network of the Trade office advisers working within the Obama administration, this project draws attention on the corporate interests that might influence the Trade Advisory Commitee's decisions and orientations. |
| Language | English |
| Commissioner | Self-commissionned |
| Publisher | Washington Post |
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Target Audience : Online Audience Reached : International Twitter : ( followers) Publisher's Twitter Followers : Online Rank : Google: Alexa: OSE Domain Authority Rank: 96 /100 Marketing Grader Rank: 61/100 () Online Rank (Publisher) : Google: Alexa: News Source : Some Offline Audience Reached : National Outcome : Last updated : Oct 8, 2015 Attempts against the project : /Technology
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Team Size : Small Team Experience : Research : Some Data Science : None Engineering : None Design : NoneProject Methodology
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