https://blog.jbledger.com/tags/meta/Recent content in Meta on The Public LedgerHugoen-usSat, 12 Sep 2026 17:00:00 +0000https://blog.jbledger.com/posts/teaching-the-federal-budget-in-48-steps/Sat, 12 Sep 2026 17:00:00 +0000https://blog.jbledger.com/posts/teaching-the-federal-budget-in-48-steps/Eleven modules, 48 narrated steps, one data spine: the training program that ties the whole portfolio together — what each module teaches, how every number is frozen and self-tested, and how to work through it.https://blog.jbledger.com/posts/welcome/Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://blog.jbledger.com/posts/welcome/I’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.