The Cycle Transparency + US Tax filer data & migration Patterns

[Tracey P. Lauriault]

Introducing the Cycle of Transparency

As each element of the Cycle of Transparency moves forward concurrently, bringing about the changes we need to create a more transparent government, we also identify new needs.

At the end of the day, the process that the Cycle of Transparency describes is about creating a government more deserving of our trust, and ultimately, a government that allows its citizens to fully participate and hold government accountable as our Founders intended.P

Why Open Data? Because it’s your data

Last summer, Community Research Partners began work on a Data Byte report using the Internal Revenue Service’s county-to-county migration data. To compile this data, the IRS compares the address information a tax filer provided in her tax return to the one she provided the previous year. If the addresses are different, then that means she moved during the course of the year between tax returns. Adding up all this individual information provides aggregate statistics for broader migration patterns around the U.S.

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Tracey P. Lauriault
613-234-2805
https://gcrc.carleton.ca/confluence/display/GCRCWEB/Lauriault