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  "id": 2663,
  "title": "Dictionaries and Documentation",
  "url": "/competitions/cir-prospect/discussion/2663",
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  "post_date": "2012-09-14T21:22:13.497Z",
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  "content": "<p>Hey,</p>\r\n<p>I was checking through the readme and layout files and they indicate that there should be dictionaries for each table indicating the various values for variables like types of committee designations as well as the raw FEC documentation for each table.&nbsp; Are\r\n those going to be made available or should we hunt them down at the FEC website?</p>\r\n<p>Thanks,</p>\r\n<p>Jason</p>",
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      "postDate": "09/14/2012 21:22:13",
      "content": "<p>Hey,</p>\r\n<p>I was checking through the readme and layout files and they indicate that there should be dictionaries for each table indicating the various values for variables like types of committee designations as well as the raw FEC documentation for each table.&nbsp; Are\r\n those going to be made available or should we hunt them down at the FEC website?</p>\r\n<p>Thanks,</p>\r\n<p>Jason</p>",
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      "postDate": "09/14/2012 23:08:13",
      "content": "<p>Hi Jason,</p>\r\n<p>FEC dictionary file was left out of the upload. &nbsp;Host will be able to upload the file later this evening.</p>",
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      "postDate": "09/14/2012 23:53:29",
      "content": "<p>Hi folks</p>\r\n<p>Sorry for the delay -- and the missing data dictionaries. I added links to the\r\n<a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/c/cir-prospect/data\" target=\"_blank\">data description page</a> that should cover all but one table. Failing that, you can also find them\r\n<a href=\"http://ire.org/nicar/database-library/databases/federal-campaign-contributions/\" target=\"_blank\">\r\nhere</a> under the &quot;Record layouts and samples of this database&quot; heading.</p>\r\n<p>Thanks!<br>\r\n-Chase&nbsp;</p>",
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      "postDate": "09/15/2012 19:35:51",
      "content": "<p>Upon further review, if you're referring to the FEC-provided text record layouts, that might be an error in the readme. All relevant details about table layouts (except maybe record counts) should be included in the spreadsheets.</p>\r\n<p>Failing that, the FEC has some updated documentation on their website that might be helpful as well: http://www.fec.gov/finance/disclosure/ftpdet.shtml</p>",
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      "post_date": "09/14/2012 23:08:13",
      "content": "<p>Hi Jason,</p>\r\n<p>FEC dictionary file was left out of the upload. &nbsp;Host will be able to upload the file later this evening.</p>",
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      "author_name": "cjdd3b",
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      "post_date": "09/14/2012 23:53:29",
      "content": "<p>Hi folks</p>\r\n<p>Sorry for the delay -- and the missing data dictionaries. I added links to the\r\n<a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/c/cir-prospect/data\" target=\"_blank\">data description page</a> that should cover all but one table. Failing that, you can also find them\r\n<a href=\"http://ire.org/nicar/database-library/databases/federal-campaign-contributions/\" target=\"_blank\">\r\nhere</a> under the &quot;Record layouts and samples of this database&quot; heading.</p>\r\n<p>Thanks!<br>\r\n-Chase&nbsp;</p>",
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      "content": "<p>Upon further review, if you're referring to the FEC-provided text record layouts, that might be an error in the readme. All relevant details about table layouts (except maybe record counts) should be included in the spreadsheets.</p>\r\n<p>Failing that, the FEC has some updated documentation on their website that might be helpful as well: http://www.fec.gov/finance/disclosure/ftpdet.shtml</p>",
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