Saturday, November 23, 2002
Online investigative resources
Below are links to some of the Web sites Star reporters use and that you might also find helpful.
Arizona Legislature: A.L.I.S. Online tracks legislation and includes what
past Legislatures did. www.azleg.state.az.us
Campaign finance, state: The Arizona Secretary of State's Office compiles
candidate campaign records showing who contributed and how much.
www.sosaz.com/cfs
Campaign finance, federal: The Federal Election Commission shows who
contributed and how much to federal candidate campaigns. www.fec.gov
Charities: Guidestar compiles Internal Revenue Service documents showing
spending and financial health of nonprofits, searchable by name or ZIP code.
www.guidestar.com
Corporations: Edgar Online allows you to search Securities and Exchange
Commission documents filed by for-profit, publicly traded companies.
www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml
Felons: The Arizona Department of Corrections' Inmate Datasearch lists who
is — or was – an inmate in Arizona's state prisons.
www.adc.state.az.us/ISearch.htm
General Accounting Office: Reports issued by the investigative arm of
Congress are available, including special collections on terrorism and
homeland security. www.gao.gov
Pima County assessor: Find a property's assessed value, searchable by owner
name, subdivision name or parcel number.
www.asr.co.pima.az.us/apiq/index.cfm
Pima County Consolidated Justice Courts: Traffic, civil and criminal cases,
searchable by name, case number or citation.
iissvr.jp.co.pima.az.us/webinfo/findcase.asp
Pima County Sheriff's Department: Inmate Lookup shows who's currently in the
Pima County Jail. www.pimasheriff.org/inmate
Sex offenders: Arizona Department of Public Safety lists Arizona's
registered sex offenders, searchable by ZIP code. www.azsexoffender.com
Tucson Police Department: This crime statistics database is searchable by
crime type, date, street or substation, neighborhood and calls.
www.ci.tucson.az.us/police/Crime_Statistics/crime_statistics.htm
