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Most of it's automated I'm guessing. Just like the IRS. The software (probably written in evil FORTRAN) flags filings and throws them on the desk of an investigator who asks them to amend. Doubt anyone is scouring over these when they're submitted.
It is pretty funny since last week she was criticizing the DoD for not being tech savvy enough and requiring her expertise. Meanwhile her campaign can't figure out how to use Quicken.
You took the words out of my mouth lol. I'd bet good money on the system running COBOL code written in the 80s. That shit is robust but damn is it arcane.It might have even been COBOL. I remember as recently as the '90s, the FEC database information used to be in an archaic flat-file database where every field was fixed-width. It was a nightmare to work with or even look at. From the way it was organized (and I am speaking from recollection and not actual knowledge) it looked like it was data from old-style punchcards.
This is the current summary data format:
Code:H8MA08170|WU, BRIANNA|C|1|DEM|147827.24|0|115430.86|0|0|69144.02|0|50000|0|0|0|50000|97827.24|MA|08||||||0|0|09/30/2018|50|0
Anyway whatever they're using is pretty old.
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