<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>About on The Public Ledger</title><link>https://blog.jbledger.com/categories/about/</link><description>Recent content in About on The Public Ledger</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://blog.jbledger.com/categories/about/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Why This Blog Exists</title><link>https://blog.jbledger.com/posts/welcome/</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://blog.jbledger.com/posts/welcome/</guid><description>I&amp;rsquo;m a federal budget analyst. This is where I explain how federal money actually moves — from public sources only, every figure cited — and where I document building that analysis with the modern data stack.</description></item></channel></rss>