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We follow every dollar. From government salaries to secret contracts, we expose the spending they don't want you to see. Demand transparency. Demand accountability. Demand better.

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We follow the money - every dime, every agency, every level of government.

Our mission is simple: to capture and post every disclosed government expenditure in real time. With over 60,000 FOIA requests filed and 25 million public salary and pension records collected in a single year.

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It's Your
Money

Every taxpayer has a right to know how government spends their dollars.

Hard Data
Wins

Every taxpayer has a right to know how government spends their dollars.

Accountability
Starts Here

Every taxpayer has a right to know how government spends their dollars.

No Fear,
No Favor

Every taxpayer has a right to know how government spends their dollars.

EPA
Checkbook
$41.1 Billion
EPA
Washington, DC
NASA
Checkbook
$24.9 Billion
NASA
Washington, DC
Dept. of Education
Checkbook
$250.7 Billion
Dept. of Education
Washington, DC
Ethan Allen
Vendor
$120,000
Ethan Allen
Department of State
Discovery Education
Vendor
$2.4 Million
Discovery Education
DoDEA
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