About

Data Nebraska

Data Nebraska is just a hobby for me. I cannot provide any warranty that the data presented on this website is correct or incorrect. Please refer to the NADC for verification on any questions you have about dollar figures, dates, contributions, expenditures, committees, payees, payors, etc.

Data Processing and Tools

NADC Data

Currently, all data on the site comes from files downloaded from the NADC (Nebraska Accountability and Disclosure Commission) at nadc-e.nebraska.gov/PublicSite/PublicMaster.master

• Go to Resources tab and choose Download Data

Database

Files are processed into a Postgres database using the Python programming language. These are the main python libraries that we are currently using.

• sqlmodel sqlmodel.tiangolo.com
• sqlalchemy https://www.sqlalchemy.org
• pandas pandas.pydata.org
• psycopg2 pypi.org/project/psycopg2

Website

datanebraska.com was built with the static site generator mkdocs with the material theme. Data pages are autogenerated as markdown.

• MkDocs mkdocs.org
• Material for MkDocs squidfunk.github.io/mkdocs-material.
• Markdown python-markdown.github.io/