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Excellent Research skills |
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- Highly proficient in internet and literature searches.
- Logged over 12,000 hours on the web doing research since 1995.
- Created this site of links to over 6,000 other sites to service the research needs of myself and others.
- For fun, used internet to create Ultimate Family Tree database of about 100 relatives of President George W. Bush.
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Strong Quantitative & Analytical skills |
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- Developed and identified research linking federal campaign contributions of "Forbes 400," 1998.
- Analyzed tens of thousands of bills for the BillTally study, 1995-1998.
- Evaluated thousands of congressional testimonies for WitnessTrack study, 1997.
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Managed five databases |
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- More than 20,000 Congressional bills for the BillTally study, 1995-1998
- More than 8,000 federal campaign contributions of the "Forbes 400,"1998
- More than 3,000 Congressional testimonies for WitnessTrack study, 1997
- More than 1,450 books in my personal library using
SmartTracker Books 97
- Using Ultimate Family Tree, developed database of more than 450 of my relatives
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Proven Writing skills |
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- "NTUF Policy Paper 101: Contributions of the Forbes 400: A Few Drops in a Sea" (March 20, 1998).
- "As Economy Surges, Congress Splurges" NTUF BillTally policy paper, 1997, (co-author).
- "Divided Loyalties" NTUF WitnessTrack policy paper, 1997, (co-author).
- "Tearing Down Big Government Brick by Brick” internal Cato Institute policy paper, 1995.
- Researched the background and function of over 100 designated programs as well as articulating a rationale for their termination from a libertarian perspective.
- Renewing the Dream, sequel to Contract with America, 1995 (research assistant).
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Education
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Computer skills |
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- Adobe Acrobat, Corel WordPerfect, Eudora Pro, Insight Software Solutions Smart Tracker 97, Lexis-Nexis, Lotus 123, Microsoft FoxPro, Microsoft Office (Excel, FrontPage, Internet Explorer, Outlook and Outlook Express), Microsoft Windows, MSN Messenger Service, Netscape Navigator, Symantec ACT, WestLaw and WinZip
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Self-starter |
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- Managed three studies that led to published studies.
- Proposed, designed and performed study on "Forbes 400."
- Enhanced methodology for research on bills for BillTally study and management of study.
- Started my own research consultancy/website WheretodoResearch.com.
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Achievements
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- Conducted market survey and market research for business plan of start-up IT placement firm.
- Researched incidence of corporate welfare recipients in
"Fortune 500" companies.
- Directed research and researched all aspects of congressional activities:
- bills introduced
- votes cast by members
- testimony given in hearings
- Led teams in analyzing fiscal impact of congressional testimony and bills.
- Supervised and trained two analysts and eight interns to assist research.
- Oversaw creation of new congressional tracking relational database software system.
- Created new methodology for coding of donors and prospective donors.
- Designed and ran e-mail distribution system.
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