In case you missed Sunday's paper, you should know about a new section we launched on the web site over the weekend. It's called SoundInfo and it has links to all kinds of information that is relevant to anyone who lives or works (or just cares about) Tacoma, Pierce County or the South Sound. Here's how we describe the site:

Introducing SoundInfo, a gateway to information on topics from government salaries to movie times. From public records and our own reporting, we've created searchable databases and interactive maps that will help you navigate life in the South Sound.

Our executive editor provided an overview with his Sunday column and reporter Jason Hagey took a look at the salaries of Tacoma Power officials to lead the coverage in the newspaper.

This is a popular concept at many newspaper web sites around the country. Most "database pages" that others have launched have generated loads of page views and equal amounts of controversy from public employees concerned for their privacy. We've seen plenty of web traffic but not much in the way of criticism. (Our managing editor blogged about our lack of blowback earlier today.)

Maybe South Sounders are more technically savvy and already knew where to find this data.