README file

Title:  Legistorm Data Set documentation

EDS Study Number:   1020

in data subdirectory:
        warning.txt     ......... text file outlining the steps required for access
  
     once access is granted all data will be available in 
  
        ONE OF TWO FORMATS   .... YOU NEED TO DOWNLOAD ONLY ONE 

        salary.tar    (177,182,664 bytes)   compressed archive of all files
        salary.tar.gz  (28,909,568 bytes)   zipped compressed archive of all files 

     There 9 files in the archive and all are text files delimited with a SEMICOLON

     The largest file in the archive is personnel_compensation.csv
     It has 933,914 cases and is approximately 426,000+ bytes


in doc subdirectory:
        FILE NAME                             FILE CONTENT
        ---------                             ------------
     legistorm_copyright_requirement.pdf     Copyright requirement
     filelist.txt                            A List of Legistorm Files
     member_office_doc.txt                   Details re. the Office held by a Member
     member_party_doc.txt                    Details re. the Party affiliation of a Member
     core_person_doc.txt                     List of all Staffers
     office_doc.txt                          Office name and type
     personnel_compensation_doc.txt          Personal Compensaton file
     salary_title_doc.txt                    Salary Title File
     state_doc.txt                           State File Documentation
     time_period_doc.txt                     Time Period File Documentation


in program subdirectory:
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