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Highlight how organizations like OpenSecrets use these FEC exports to make complex financial data digestible for the general public. 5. Conclusion: Data as a Public Good

Discuss how standardized formatting (like the delimited text files inside the ZIP) allows for large-scale oversight that would be impossible with manual paper records. 3. Body Paragraph 2: Technical Challenges in Data Ethics cm18.zip

Explain that the file contains comprehensive records of political committees, including committee names, IDs, treasurers, and addresses. Highlight how organizations like OpenSecrets use these FEC

Identify cm18.zip as the FEC's 2018 Committee Master file. including committee names