Dan Nguyen
Dan Nguyen was a news application developer at ProPublica.
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Dan Nguyen was a news application developer at ProPublica. He was lead developer on several of ProPublica’s most complex news applications, including the Bailout Tracker and (Stimulus) Recovery Tracker.
For the “Dollars for Docs” project, Nguyen developed software to collect the drug company payment records and cross-referenced them against physician names in federal and state databases. He also developed the publicly searchable database for the payment records and wrote a series of guides to teach his data-gathering techniques to other journalists and researchers.
Previously, Dan worked as a reporter, web developer and multimedia producer for the Sacramento Bee and sacbee.com. His work on multimedia projects won awards from Editor and Publisher and the National Council on Crime and Delinquency.
HUD Inspect: See if Publicly Subsidized Housing Units Passed or Failed Government Inspections
Across the country, publicly subsidized housing residents have discovered that passing scores on HUD inspections often don't match the reality of their living conditions. Look up housing complex scores near you.
by Molly Parker, The Southern Illinoisan, Dan Nguyen, special to ProPublica, Sophie Chou, ProPublica, and the 2018 ProPublica Hack Week Participants,
Local Reporting Network
Bailout Tracker: See Where More Than $600 Billion Went
ProPublica is still tracking where every dollar of taxpayer money from the 2008 bailout of the financial system has gone. See for yourself.
by Paul Kiel and Dan Nguyen,
HUD Inspect
The government inspects taxpayer-subsidized apartment buildings. See which ones passed and failed.
by Molly Parker, The Southern Illinoisan, Dan Nguyen, special to ProPublica, Sophie Chou, ProPublica, and The 2018 ProPublica Hack Week Participants,
Local Reporting Network
About the Dollars for Docs Data
Details behind our drug company money database.
by Charles Ornstein, Dan Nguyen and Tracy Weber,
Updated Recovery Tracker
Once again, we’ve taken all the data used on the government’s stimulus Web site, Recovery.gov, spiffed it up and added thousands of other recovery spending records — the law doesn't require all recipients to report to Recovery.gov.
by Jennifer LaFleur, Dan Nguyen and Joe Kokenge,
SOPA Opera Update: Opposition Surges
SOPA Blackout Day led to a surge in opposition among members of Congress.
by Dan Nguyen,
SOPA Opera
Well-funded interests on either side of SOPA and PIPA are lining up support among members of Congress. This database keeps track of where members of Congress stand.
by Dan Nguyen,
SOPA Opera: Which Legislators Support SOPA and PIPA?
In the next few weeks, among the most talked-about legislation will be the Stop Online Piracy Act — commonly referred to as SOPA — which, if passed, would give the Attorney General the authority to block access to foreign websites deemed to be dedicated to copyright infringement.
by Dan Nguyen,
Piercing the Veil, More Drug Companies Reveal Payments to Doctors
An update of ProPublica's Dollars for Docs database includes more than $760 million in payments from 12 pharmaceutical companies to physicians and other health-care providers for consulting, speaking, research and expenses.
by Charles Ornstein, Dan Nguyen and Tracy Weber,