Dan Keating

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Dan Keating

» Database Editor | Dan Keating is a Post database editor. He joined the newspaper in 1999 after 11 years at the Miami Herald. Keating was part of a team that won the Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting in 1999 for work on vote fraud in a mayoral election in Miami. He worked on a story about abuse of police overtime that was a finalist for the Pulitzer in 1998. After four years in Key West that included reporting from Cuba, Keating began specializing in computer-assisted reporting in 1993.

He has worked with census demographics, election results, crime records, traffic-crash data and other sources. He co-led a media consortium that recounted the ballots from the 2000 presidential election in Florida. His most recent projects have been on D.C. government spending without contracts, D.C. schools paying millions to send children to private schools and D.C. school problems.

Keating was born in Quincy, Mass., earned a psychology degree from Williams College and worked at the Berkshire Eagle.

Articles by Dan Keating

Minorities are majority population in Montgomery County (February 10, 2011)

Va.'s numbers of Hispanics and Asians skyrocket as white population dwindles (February 4, 2011)

Despite price rebound, many Washington area homeowners still face steep losses (January 31, 2011)

Home-price uptick goes only so far (January 31, 2011)

D.C. population soars past 600,000 for first time in years (December 22, 2010)

Population of District soars past 600,000 (December 22, 2010)

Region's tenants caught in a clamp (December 21, 2010)

Senate panel ban seen as double standard (December 19, 2010)

Senate panel ban on stock for appointees but not itself seen as double standard (December 18, 2010)

Washington area is wealthiest and most educated region in the nation, census data show (December 15, 2010)

Hispanics in Washington are the most affluent in the nation (November 4, 2010)

Part-time workers' income plummets (October 19, 2010)

Income plummets for part-time workers in Washington area (October 19, 2010)

More U.S. women pull down big bucks (October 7, 2010)

More U.S. women pull down big bucks (October 7, 2010)

Walking away with less (September 26, 2010)

Lawmakers' committee assignments and industry investments overlap (June 14, 2010)

Rep. James Moran's investments illustrate Congress's leeway in trading (May 25, 2010)

Some lawmakers also shorted stocks, congressional records show (May 5, 2010)

Review heightens concerns over Medicare billing at nursing homes (March 29, 2010)

FHA mortgage delinquencies dropped in February (March 23, 2010)

New senator Scott Brown was a quiet presence in Massachusetts (February 12, 2010)

Rising FHA default rate foreshadows a crush of foreclosures (February 2, 2010)

Rise in stock ownership among lawmakers brings ethics concerns (November 23, 2009)

Single households surge in D.C. area (October 28, 2009)

D.C. Area Poverty Data Grim but Basically Unchanged in 2008 (September 29, 2009)

Number of Foreign-Born U.S. Residents Drops (September 22, 2009)

Recession Has Thrust Millions More Into Poverty, Census Statistics Show (September 11, 2009)

Housing Bust Leaves Most Sellers at a Loss (May 25, 2009)

The Next Hit: Quick Defaults (March 8, 2009)

Property Owners' Predicament (January 29, 2009)

D.C. Prep's Founder Emphasizes Financing, Staff (December 15, 2008)

Charter Schools Make Gains On Tests (December 15, 2008)

Problems Plague U.S. Flex-Fuel Fleet (November 23, 2008)

Some D.C. Principals Credit Rhee for Big Gains in Test Scores (July 11, 2008)

Tax Suspect's Guidance on Software Left D.C. at Risk (June 10, 2008)

City Paid Firm More Than $2 Million in Improper Charges, Auditor Says (May 22, 2008)

Politics Could Stop Proposed Contract, Bid Winner Says (May 10, 2008)

Burglaries Have Surged 21 Percent (April 20, 2008)

Lottery Contract Eyed for New Firm (April 7, 2008)

Students Walk Out to Protest Security Policy (April 1, 2008)

Abandoned Computers Explained (February 9, 2008)

Tax Office Computer Servers Found by Trash (February 8, 2008)

Not Maintained, Costly Heating Systems Fail in Droves (December 31, 2007)

D.C. Tax Scandal At $44.3 Million, Analysis Finds (December 2, 2007)

Suspicious Refunds in Gandhi's Tax Tenure (November 20, 2007)

Scam Could Total $31 Million (November 14, 2007)

Income Soaring In 'Egghead Capital' (September 2, 2007)

Not on the Same Page Over Textbook Needs (August 24, 2007)

Can D.C. Schools Be Fixed? (June 10, 2007)

Report Faults City Controls On Contracting (February 15, 2007)

Report Cites 'Pervasive' Mismanagement (December 5, 2006)

When Deer Meets Driver (November 26, 2006)

Agency Spending $6.5 Million on Upgrades (November 17, 2006)

Liveliest D.C. Neighborhoods Also Jumping With Robberies (October 13, 2006)

Most Blacks, Hispanics in Area Own Homes (October 3, 2006)

D.C. Suburbs Top List Of Richest Counties (August 30, 2006)

Area Immigrants Top 1 Million (August 15, 2006)

Data Show Minorities' Movement To Majority (August 4, 2006)

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