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We’re mapping the growth of government over the decades, agency by agency.
The study by non-profit Open The Books comes as part of a broader effort to map out...
Federal agencies and departments are spending more of your money than ever — far...
The earmark moratorium saves taxpayers $141 billion over 11 years. Here's how it...
'Spending has outpaced not just inflation but also growing headcounts – often many...
We found spending outpaced staff growth and inflation at agency after agency.
The Office of Refugee Resettlement has faced questions over transparency, conflict...
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ramped up grants for migrants from...
The House Committee on Oversight and Reform will spend today investigating how to...
A federal judge’s decision to bar Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency...
Federal government has spent $44M on POLITICO subscriptions since 2017.
Let's build "America's Checkbook" so all taxpayers can see the Treasury payment system.
The Trump administration can today claim they can cut the number of agencies by almost...
75 Agencies Listed on the Federal Register No Longer Exist
Nashville’s pension system paid retired public employees $209 million last year,...
As officials are investigating the deaths of two more inmates at High Desert State...
Some federal agencies, including the Department of Defense, did not receive a clean...
We talk all the time about state funding into the University of Maine system, but...
For years auditors at OpenTheBooks.com have been tracking nonprofits that receive...
We investigated the top-paid fire & water employees in Los Angeles, following the...
Unreported billions could be helping China access American STEM research, defense...
President Trump has a historic opportunity to restore our founders’ vision for transparency...
Last week Governor Mills unveiled her plan for the state’s next biennial budget,...
'There are miles to go before we break even,' OpenTheBooks' John Hart said.
The Defense Department went on its biggest monthlong spending spree since the height...
Sec. Austin’s DOD spent more in September 2024 than any month since 2008, when Iraq...
A top US public university in a deep-red state blows through $13 million a year on...
At the end of the fiscal year, September 2024, The Department of Defense indulged...
Clark County’s federally funded housing assistance program during the pandemic helped...
Open the Books has obtained Baltimore’s payroll from 2024, and high earners at the...
A group digging into government spending is tracking how Maine is using its lawsuit...
If you pay property taxes in Nashville, this will be no surprise to you: The average...
In this matchup, there's no touchdown for taxpayers, just more DEI spending and foreign...
Mayor Bass also under fire during trip to Ghana as city battles catastrophic fires,...
Superintendent Kirkpatrick has received criticism over response to fatal New Year's...
"Every dollar we spend on DEI is a dollar not available to do cancer research. Every...
American companies have been scaling back their Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programs,...
If you felt like you were breaking the bank while doing your holiday shopping, there’s...
Portland residents are getting some of the worst value for their dollar compared...
Inside President Biden's $42 billion rural broadband boondoggle.
OSU Spending Tens of Millions on DEI; Receiving Far-Left Grants and Foreign Donations.
Baltimore has begun spending its money from lawsuit settlements against drug manufacturers...
It may sound crazy to anyone buying groceries or gas, or paying rent in Clark County,...
Last week on Transparency Tracker we discussed Austin’s plan to build highway caps...
Portland residents recently voted to lower the number of short-term rental houses...
Metro Nashville recently announced that a new health director will begin in February,...
People like Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are right to call out the madness of the...
Last year, we worked together with Senator Joni Ernst’s office to quantify the federal...
It’s been just over one year since the state issued a Consent Decree requiring Baltimore...
Donald Trump reaffirmed his plan to eliminate the Department of Education and make...
The Austin City Council was supposed to vote this week on a proposal to build “highway...
An increase in the number of teen gunshot victims has led Metro Nashville to create...
The Department of Government Efficiency is a new advisory committee led by Elon Musk...
A new software update put out by the Small Business Administration (SBA) prevented...
Metro Police had proposed an update to a software system that would have allowed...
Donald Trump recently reaffirmed his plan to close down the Department of Education...
Clark County Commissioners recently shot down a proposal to raise the sales tax to...
Open the Books is cited in Sen. Joni Ernst's "Out of Office Report."
Earlier this week Baltimore’s top elected officials once again approved an annual...
Biden administration redacted the work locations of over 281,000 rank-and-file federal...
A government watchdog group has tabulated all of last year’s travel expenses for...
Kelisa Wing drew pressure from Congress after she gave speeches about how tired she...
For the better part of two years, the Pentagon’s K-12 school system has been embroiled...
$127M was spent just studying and countering Covid-related speech.
OpenTheBooks.com CEO John Hart talks with Will Cain about the obvious places to eliminate...
OpenTheBooks.com CEO John Hart discusses the newly-minted Department of Government...
OpenTheBooks.com CEO John Hart joined Laura Ingraham as soon as news broke that Elon...
WASHINGTON (TNND) — The head of America’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr....
President-elect Donald Trump’s victory, and a likely GOP trifecta, will give him...
A new report by Open the Books reveals that the Health and Human Services Department...
"Equity" concept appears 829 times in Department's 2025 budget request, reaching...
Former longtime Comms. Director for Sen. Coburn helped create architecture of the...
“We could find no other cases of a former federal employee receiving this level of...
Dr. Anthony Fauci was granted $15 million in taxpayer-funded security as a private...
Read our investigation for more details: https://bit.ly/Fauci15Motb
Congress is currently debating a set of 12 bills that will fund the federal government...
Clark County School District is paying a search firm six figures to find a new superintendent,...
For most Maine voters, voting on Election Day is a simple process of going to a polling...
Legal challenges are prompting some American companies to reconsider their diversity,...
Inside our investigation on Dr. Fauci's $15M private security detail.
This week the brand-new Commission to review Maryland’s juvenile justice policies...
OpenTheBooks uncovers unprecedented agreement with U.S. Marshals.
The nonprofit group Truth in Accounting recently ranked the financial health of all...
The Cumberland County Jail has been in the headlines recently because of a new contract...
While most former felons are eligible to vote in Maryland, there are still efforts...
State leaders in six states, including Tennessee, have asked Congress for more money...
Clark County School District is facing a $10 million shortfall, and officials have...
This election is a first in two major ways: it’s the first election in which a new...
While many states have given voting rights to the formerly incarcerated, making millions...
Indicted Mayor Eric Adams and 13 of his mostly now former top aides ensnared in corruption...
NYC Mayor Eric Adams became the first sitting NYC mayor to be indicted when he was...
Fully remote work lives on among federal workers, and it’s costing taxpayers.
CHICAGO — Following the passing of OpenTheBooks Founder & CEO Adam Andrzejewski,...
New York City has been in the news for the indictment of its mayor, Eric Adams.
Tennessee’s representatives in Congress are asking for only a little more in federal...
Nevada’s representatives in Congress are asking for three times as much in federal...
A proposed construction project to link two train stations in Boston could make long-distance...
Following months of campus upheaval, we examined $283M in foreign studies grants.
The Department of Education has granted millions of dollars in funding to university...
For at least the seventh year, Tennessee is one of the highest ranked states in the...
In November, Austinites will vote on a ballot measure that would increase average...
A new report from a government watchdog group reveals that improper payments by the...
Tax dollars assigned to old storm cleanup projects could be back in the Disaster...
Last week the City of Austin released its tentative new contract for police officers,...
Metro Nashville Public Schools has spent $27 million on security services since 2019,...
Open the Books was founded in 2011 on a simple principle: Taxpayers deserve to know...
A loss of over $7,500 tax dollars every SECOND in 2023!
The federal government spends hundreds of billions of dollars on improper payments...
The federal government has awarded Maine several grants over the past two months...
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has approved almost $1 billion to help Texas...
Baltimore officials were in court this week suing drug manufacturers Cencora and...
Metro Nashville spent $4 million on its credit cards last fiscal year, including...
Before President Joe Biden leaves office, his administration will have lost $7000...
The federal government blows nearly half a million dollars every minute of every...
Improper payments include administrative errors and overpayments, but could miss...
If current trends persist, the Biden-Harris administration will have made over $1...
Governor Abbott and state legislators have fought for years over passing a school...
Officials at the Maine Public Employees Retirement System are responsible for helping...
Mayor Brandon Scott announced last December that cars provided to Baltimore city...
The Clark County Shooting Complex has been losing money since it opened in 2010,...
If you’re renewing or making changes to your Tennessee driver license you’ll notice...
During the winter 2023 ice storm in Austin, Texas, Austin Energy couldn’t keep the...
Both sides negotiating a legal settlement had ties to the Walz administration, sidestepping...
OpenTheBooks.com caps a years-long NIH investigation with new findings, progress...
Universities across the country have received $54 billion from foreign governments...
Home owners across the state have seen increases to their property tax bill this...
Universities across the country have received tens of billions of dollars from foreign...
Chinese, Russian, and other foreign biotech companies have paid billions of dollars...
As we checked for pay-to-play, Chauvin’s prosecutor, Carter-Mondale kin, and trans...
Travis County’s median property taxes are among the highest in the entire country.
The State of Maine has until the end of this year to plan out how it will spend its...
After a few rocky years dealing with its trash and recycling, Metro Nashville is...
We’re recommitting to our transparency mission with renewed purpose, honoring the...
Congress gave $350 billion to states and local governments to combat the Covid-19...
Law enforcement agencies in the Las Vegas area may be busy writing traffic tickets,...
A rule requiring the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to publish annual reports...
You may have grabbed a cold beer or chilled cocktail during this summer’s excessive...
Democrats 'save democracy' by hiding their candidate from public view.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency declared seven disasters for storms in Tennessee...
WASHINGTON (TND) — Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) introduced legislation mandating a “tax...
OpenTheBooks, citing payroll records, says as of March 31, 2024, only four of the...
According to government watchdog organization OpenTheBooks.com, Vice President Kamala...
A diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) training in the Pentagon's education wing...
Vice President Kamala Harris’ office has had high levels of staff turnover throughout...
Use of force incidents by Metro Nashville police have increased in the last two years,...
Behind the recent public self-branding of Harris as a kindly, jovial 'Momala', she...
A strong politician in some ways, but also deeply flawed. Now, she's ours.
Vice President Kamala Harris’s office has had a turnover rate higher than 90% over...
California schools are about to be overrun with woodland animals, pets, vampires,...
Chaos reigns on the vice president’s staff. And Harris tried to hide it by claiming...
The office of Vice President Kamala Harris experienced a turnover rate higher than...
Inside our breaking oversight report "Schools for Radicals: The Secret Push to Institute...
Scientists and stakeholders around the country are commending U.S. Senator Rand Paul...
The Supreme Court recently sided with states like Nevada that have laws banning people...
DoDEA dismantled its DEI department, dispersing workers to 'less public roles.'
While Metro Nashville has cleared some homeless encampments, it’s spending millions...
WASHINGTON (TND) — President Joe Biden has spent millions of taxpayer dollars to...
However, since 2021, only 127 of President Joe Biden’s initial 560 White House employees...
Before you pop open a cold beer at a Fourth of July barbecue next week, here’s something...
Clark County and the cities of Las Vegas, North Las Vegas and Henderson spent $2...
It is a sign of the times as lawmakers call out government waste and this time it's...
2021-2024
Inflation has hit every American in every city but now a new problem is emerging...
Potholes are an irritation to every driver who has hit one but just how much is Tennessee...
A new report from the state looks at the pandemic’s impact on Nevada, including the...
At the May 23, 2024, meeting of the UNC Board of Regents, the governors of the University...
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), ranking member, cites our statement!
As the Metro Nashville police payroll has gone up over recent years, so has the amount...
An audit released by the U.S. Department of Commerce Office of Inspector General...
The deal for the new A’s baseball stadium coming to Las Vegas keeps getting worse...
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Everyday, we highlight one quick, blood-boiling example of taxpayer abuse at the...
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After following the money on Dr. Fauci and the National Institutes of Health, we...
NIH covered up longtime payment scheme. We sued twice in federal court. We are winning....
During the pandemic, the American people started to feel that Big Government was...
WASHINGTON (TND) — Millions in royalty payments flowed into the National Institutes...
OpenTheBooks CEO/Founder Adam Andrezjewski had a front row seat at Dr. Anthony Fauci's...
Federal bureaucrats are purposefully stonewalling the American people’s right to...
Federal agencies under Dr. Anthony Fauci’s leadership received hundreds of millions...
Anthony Fauci heads to Capitol Hill Monday to testify before the House Select Subcommittee...
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Dr. Anthony Fauci is expected to publicly testify in front of the US House Select...
Clark County School District employees spent $53 million through almost 205,000 transactions...
Northwestern University was in the hot seat this week as President Michael Schill...
A new report reveals a diversity apparatus of shocking size.
It’s a massive complex dedicated to the neo-Marxist agenda.
Plus, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and others gave $1 billion to the university in foreign...
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We believe it's the most important public policy innovation in U.S. history. It's...
The fleet of take-home vehicles that Metro Nashville employees drive has grown, including...
Paid time off for Clark County employees is so generous that last year, the county...
Some of the nation’s top universities have received about $10 million from the “State...
Several elite universities received donations from a foundation in the “State of...
Slowly but surely, the diversity, equity and inclusion movement is dying.
Harvard University and Brown University collected more than $2 million combined from...
Troubling grants and contracts classified in the federal database funded anti-Israel...
The level of chaos from protests at universities across the country has not been...
Metro Nashville Public Schools paid time off is so generous that hundreds of people...
Just before law enforcement moved to dismantle an anti-Israel encampment Thursday...
Taxpayers are funding Ivy League schools such as Columbia University, which is currently...
More than $7B in taxpayer money has been given to schools that have fostered anti-Israel...
Americans are watching in horror as thousands of real students led like sheep by...
As Nashville prepares for a massive mixed-use development on the East Bank, we’re...
Columbia University canceled in-person classes through the end of the semester because...
Clark County’s average employees are paid a modest wage, but the people at the top...
Government employees should disclose who is paying them royalties.
Outraged lawmakers are demanding answers about American tax dollars going to firms...
The Pentagon’s watchdog agency will audit more than $50 million in grants the US...
Metro Nashville officials expect there will be no increased revenue next budget year...
In 2018 and 2019, 20% and 19% of students in Nevada were chronically absent, through...
Top-line estimates of COVID-19 aid fraud are now at $1 trillion, according to LexisNexis...
The U.S. national debt is soon expected to pass $35 trillion yet both Democrats and...
Tennessee is getting more than three times as much in federal earmarks as it received...
Nevada is getting $194 million in federal earmarks for 108 projects throughout the...
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., on Tuesday announced new findings in his research on COVID-19...
House Republicans opened the earmark door with a secret caucus vote three years ago....
Metro Nashville staffed traveled to Atlanta, Kansas City, DC, Memphis, Phoenix, and...
The "fiscal conservative" earmarks dwarfed the $224 million from The Squad.
Conservatives in the House Freedom Caucus requested nearly $1 billion in pork-barrel...
If anything should finally force a public up-or-down vote on earmarks, it’s the haul...
WASHINGTON (TND) — Congress is in the middle of passing spending bills to fund the...
In 2022, Metro Nashville's schools spent $1.8 million on what it deems “information...
A new tool utilizing a chatbot by OpenTheBooks allows anyone to track how their government...
OpenTheBooks found that Congress’ far-left “Squad” has secured $224 million in earmark...
University spokesperson Brian Coy misled national media about how much DEI was costing...
The revelation this month that the University of Virginia has been spending $20 million...
Scientists and Doctors who worked for the federal government received hundreds of...
Clark County schools are spending less per student than other districts of similar...
EXCLUSIVE — Top DEI staffers at the University of Virginia appeared to downplay outside...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Stakeholders and organizations are applauding U.S. Senator Rand...
The University of Florida recently announced it would end the diversity, equity,...
Sunshine Week is all about transparency in government.
Optional language in Rhode Island DEI bill is a ruse, given state's use of guidance...
“The University of Virginia (UVA) has at least 235 employees under its ‘diversity,...
Vote-buying schemes have defined the Democrat party ever since FDR’s “chicken in...
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Controversial Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion programs are coming under intense...
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The University of Virginia’s sprawling efforts to expand the left-wing diversity,...
It takes tuition payments from nearly 1,000 undergraduates just to pay their base...
Known as ‘The Squad,’ a group of progressive- democratic socialists in Congress have...
UVA FOIA production.
It’s the report that no one in Washington D.C. wants to talk about.
Medicare and Social Security are facing a substantial underfunding crisis, amounting...
Medicare and Social Security are in big trouble as it is now underfunded by a staggering...
In its most recent Annual Comprehensive Financial Report, Nashville had $5.7 billion...
The federal government spent $8.5 million of your money on producing dozens of podcasts...
It’s big business. And funding episodes on erotic ecologies, queer farming, trans...
These $3.4 billion vendor payments went to 3rd party vendors.
The production of podcasts has cost U.S. taxpayers more than $8.5 million since early...
With the recent debut of Comptroller Bill Henry’s Baltimore City Open Checkbook website,...
Since 2017, $1.3 billion in taxpayer dollars flowed to the adversarial nations of...
Extreme curriculum being taught to the 70,000 children of service members.
Department of Defense’s first-ever diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) education...
DODEA can’t seem to shake the agency’s culture of secrecy and deception, according...
DoDEA has deeply betrayed the trust of the American people, and more importantly,...
Among the many burdens that skyrocketing illegal immigration forces upon American...
Twenty-three non-compliant charities are still receiving public funding despite not...
WASHINGTON (CITC) — The Pentagon is continuing to covertly include elements of diversity,...
City records reveal that millions of tax dollars are being funneled to Baltimore...
GOP Senators blocked a hidden migration bailout for the Democrats’ sanctuary cities...
The city manager of Boseman, Montana is under fire for comments he made about Austin,...
Biden Administration re-started Palestinian aid by pumping $1.2 billion through the...
OpenTheBooks.com report details a billion tax dollars sent to UN agency whose employees...
PHOENIX (TND) — Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ariz., has reportedly spent more than $200,000...
Sen. Joni Ernst & Rep. Mike Gallagher are demanding the Defense Department’s inspector...
Right now, many voters say the migrant crisis is among the most important issue in...
U.S. Senator Joni Ernst drafted and championed the China Audit, quantifying taxpayer...
A recent investigation found some prominent Maryland charities collecting thousands...
An all-time high in illegal entrants at the border creates all-time surge in taxpayer...
Houston-DFW rail line had cost estimates increase from $10B to $30B; a partnership...
A private Texas high-speed rail venture is resurrected from the dead by the feds.
WASHINGTON (TND) — New regulations by the Biden administration are on track to cost...
Biden spent six times more on "sue and settle" fees than Trump in their first years.
An influential liberal dark money group propping up anti-Israel activism across the...
OpenTheBooks was cited in Sen. Rand Paul's 2023 waste report!
In an era marked by rising tuition costs and the pursuit of higher education as a...
A federal jury convicted a former Atlanta assistant city attorney Wednesday for defrauding...
There's no public purpose for this six-figure grant being underwritten by the American...
Colleges and universities need to step up and ensure the safety of their students...
The situation should make taxpayers wonder.
One city dealing with the fallout of all this is Baltimore, Maryland, where nearly...
In 2022 and 2023, case reports of human waste in the public way spiked to all-time...
The extent of political influence money can buy in Washington is coming under question...
The U.S. tax code and federal contracts swell the coffers of wealthy Ivy League universities...
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis held up a map of human waste in San Francisco at the...
During those long months of quarantine from COVID-19, it wasn’t just businesses that...
Hundreds of millions in Hollywood handouts facing scrutiny as critics question the...
Pushed harmful teen sex and suicide messaging – even on episodes aired during the...
Columbia and Stanford have pulled in billions in federal grants and contracts in...
Voters are expressing concern about the lack of current border control under President...
Sixty-five billion dollars, that's how much our country's wealthiest universities...
Stanford, Northwestern and the Ivy League universities have collected a combined...
Quantifying U.S. Taxpayer Subsidies, Tax-Breaks, And Federal Payments Into The Ivy...
Some private universities receive more from the government than they net in tuition...
The lawmakers want to know more about the agency's settlements with environmental...
As budget battles heat up on Capitol Hill, lawmakers are working to disarm the IRS.
Israel received $6.6 billion for defense. Another 17 countries split $14 billion...
In this video Rep. Gary Palmer cites our findings on the Environmental Protection...
We found that Israel and Jordan receive the most support in U.S. taxpayer-funded...
Harvard and UPenn pulled in billions in federal funds between 2018 and 2022.
OpenTheBooks.com is applauding the Senate for approving two amendments Tuesday as...
Senate Approves Ernst Amendment to Take Attendance at Government Agencies and Examine...
Since 1984, the U.S. listed Iran as a "state sponsor of terror." So, why was Biden...
Millions of American taxpayer dollars are going to high speed internet. Congress...
We revealed 100 pages of evidence that UNRWA schools taught hate toward Jewish people,...
U.S. Mideast peace negotiators felt that freezing aid to Palestinians was disrespectful....
Restoring earmarks in today's Congress would be like opening a bar tab for a bunch...
U.S.-Palestinian over the last seven decades has cost taxpayers around $8 billion...
While Congress is busy playing musical chairs with the House speaker’s position,...
Metro Nashville Public Schools have had 14 violent threats this school year and are...
During the pandemic years the federal government spent billions of dollars on office...
The Department of Defense spent $1.2 billion on furniture between 2020 and 2022,...
Amtrak, the national passenger railroad company of the U.S., is hiding the salaries...
The federal government dropped $3.3 billion on new office furniture as the vast majority...
Federal budgeters kept up with pre-pandemic spending to deck out office spaces during...
While office space was shuttered and employees were paid to work from home, federal...
Amtrak released a portion of its payroll information, marking the first instance...
In 2022, their president made $593,000. Debra L. McCurdy, Ph.D. was the second most...
President Joe Biden’s Environmental Protection Agency has spent millions in taxpayer...
A video from the nonprofit Gender Spectrum trains K–12 schools to help students explore...
Former White House chief medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci and his wife, Christine...
“You’re on a gender journey” – California K-12 schools teach students that genders...
More than three years after the start of the pandemic new reports continue finding...
The Department of Energy invested $1.2 billion to vacuum greenhouse gases from the...
A program in California is raising red flags dealing with gender school training...
Should taxpayers pick up the cost of maintaining mostly empty buildings in Washington?
American universities and colleges have received billions of dollars from foreign...
Since 1980, the national debt of USA skyrocketed from less than $1 trillion to nearly...
Lawmakers also highlighted that 'the OpenTheBooks report found that at least 59 payments...
Hawaiian Residents are questioning the $500M in earmarks congressional Hawaiian lawmakers...
The taxpayer paid sabbatical of the new city manager, the nearly 100,000 parking...
Universities across the country have received billions of dollars from foreign governments.
OpenTheBooks.com just received some unredacted documents the National Institutes...
Anthony Fauci Provided Cover For $325 Million In Third-Party Royalties Paid In Secret...
During the pandemic, some Americans wondered just how close the federal government...
National Institutes of Health scientists raked in more than $325 million in royalties...
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) received approximately $325 million in royalty...
The average administrator in Clark County schools earns six figures, and with an...
The feds indicted a Baltimore nonprofit's CEO on fraud allegations. OpenTheBooks...
Drug makers in 31 foreign countries, including China, Russia, and Belarus, paid hundreds...
EXCLUSIVE — The Environmental Protection Agency in Joe Biden's first two years as...
Earmarks bypass the regular budgeting process in Congress.
Big-Pharma, Chinese and Russian companies, and nefarious characters from around the...
WASHINGTON (TND) — It has been a rocky week for America's credit after being downgraded...
Why are taxpayer dollars flowing to adversarial nations?
The American people deserve to see who's "in" and who's "out" on earmarks. No secrets.
A new comprehensive investigative report shows the billions of taxpayer dollars going...
Teenagers have been breaking into closed city swimming pools this summer. Many have...
The Biden administration has suspended funding for the Chinese lab at the center...
Government watchdog found over $325M went to NIH and its scientists since 2009.
The Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement received $13.4 million in...
White House payroll reaches historic highs costing American taxpayers millions of...
When there’s a glimmer good news contra this mess, it’s worth taking a pause to acknowledge...
Seven of the top 10 lawmakers who used earmarks recently are Senate Republicans,...
After a nearly 11-year ban, earmarks – money set aside for localized projects in...
WASHINGTON (TND) — Members of Congress used "earmarks" to allocate more than $16...
Bidenomics Hits the White House Payroll.
Clark County spends about $313 million a year on homeless services — emergency homeless...
Metro Nashville is giving $375 million in economic development incentive grants and...
After a ten-year ban, a bipartisan group of Democrats and Republicans in Congress...
Sen. Joni Ernst and OpenTheBooks.com: Your tax dollars are trickling down to everything...
Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that excess funds from municipal tax-debt...
Police in many states step up speed enforcement during the summer, especially during...
The federal government has made nearly $3 trillion in “improper” payments over the...
Sen. Joni Ernst has announced legislation to take away IRS agents’ guns and ammunition,...
The federal government wasted an average of $683 million per day in 2022, according...
More than three years after the U.S. stopped sending taxpayer dollars to fund coronavirus...
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) put forward legislation Tuesday to block the Internal Revenue...
So, what government program is running well?
The Biden administration wasted over half a trillion dollars in its first two years...
OpenTheBooks calculates the federal government spends $474,305 per minute on improper...
IRS Has Spent Over $32 Million Taxpayer Dollars on Weapons, Ammo
Seventeen of the largest federal agencies admitted to $3 trillion in improper payments...
While on track to waste $1 trillion of your taxes, they want to tax you even more.
Published in The Wall Street Journal, Section A, as a full page national display...
Since the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against Metro Nashville’s sidewalk...
Our OpenTheBooks auditors found $179 million in USA foreign aid to Canada over the...
A new documentary exposes Ivy League universities for their massive endowments and...
More than $1.3 billion U.S. tax dollars have funded projects in Russia and China...
In real time, the city of Baltimore has moved backwards and refuses to produce a...
Two lawmakers on Capitol Hill are leading the charge to account for every hard-earned...
Last week, our auditors at OpenTheBooks.com found that Portland ranked #2 out of...
'Washington’s continued spending is so out of hand, it is losing track of Americans’...
WASHINGTON – More than $1.3 billion U.S. tax dollars were sent to Russia and China...
Federal funding to sponsor unaccompanied minors at the southern border reached an...
Despite generous taxpayer funding, the federal infrastructure to provide for these...
Breaking news: Last year, the feds spent $2.7 billion – roughly $18,000 per unaccompanied...
Our partners at OpenTheBooks.com have the updated 2022 speed and red light camera...
Government workers in Clark County and the cities of Las Vegas and Henderson earned...
Billions of pandemic dollars were pocketed by top nonprofit hospitals.
Metro Nashville Public Schools spent $4.1 million on travel expenses in 2022, including...
Prepared testimony for the United States Senate Committee On Small Business & Entrepreneurship
Since 2010, Las Vegas-area law enforcement agencies have received $8.4 million worth...
The Baltimore mayor and city council are facing a lawsuit after failing to make weekly...
The top 20 hospitals pocketed $23 billion in Covid-aid from taxpayers.
Clark County spent $1.5 million on training and travel-related expenses in fiscal...
Since the withdrawal from Afghanistan two years ago, the U.S. has spent around $8...
The taxmen are armed to the teeth.
Federal agencies such as the IRS and the EPA have spent nearly $4 billion on guns,...
A new report details a startling trend: Federal agencies with no obvious law enforcement...
And why does the IRS need guns?
Kudlow calls out the weaponization of the IRS, showcasing OpenTheBooks findings.
U.S. Senator Joni Ernst and watchdog organization OpenTheBooks demand transparency...
Today, the are more federal officers with arrest and firearm authority (200,000)...
Local governments and municipalities are spending taxpayer dollars to work (lobby)...
Clark County and the cities of Las Vegas and Henderson spent over $1 million collectively...
Billions of dollars have been spent over the past few decades to arm federal agencies...
There are now more federal agents with arrest and firearm authority (200,000) than...
After grabbing legal power, bureaucrats are amassing firepower. It’s time to scale...
Why does the IRS need five million rounds of ammunition?
We joined the Drill Down podcast with Peter Schweizer to discuss Dr. Fauci’s lockdowns...
Republican lawmakers want to stop the agency from purchasing more.
Two of Baltimore’s largest non-profit or not-for-profit hospitals are among a small...
Three of Las Vegas’s largest hospitals have not been in compliance with a federal...
Three of Nashville’s largest non-profit hospitals have not been in total compliance...
Three of Austin’s largest non-profit hospitals have not been in total compliance...
Wealthy nonprofit hospitals in Portland, Maine got wealthier during the pandemic...
Baltimore's nonprofit hospitals profited during the Covid pandemic.
As about 100 million Americans struggle with medical debt, two large nonprofit hospitals...
Tax revenues are at an all-time high spending in Washington and it’s not slowing...
Transparency has never been more important to the survival of our country as our...
Nevada’s underfunded pension system and retiree health care benefits have saddled...
Tennessee has one of the best funded pension systems, and Nashville also appears...
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill say the crops producing our morning cup of coffee are in...
Government bureaucrats are slowly returning to the office after three years of working...
The head of Baltimore’s Bureau of Water and Wastewater, who was given $1 billion...
The City of Portland, Maine has been slow to respond to open records requests about...
Self-declared "woke administrator" moved to a different job in the Department of...
Since Congress began dispersing Covid-19 aid to schools in 2020, Metro Nashville...
Previously, OpenTheBooks found interesting city expenditures on plastic — the city...
New York City has already trashed more than $14.1 million worth of extra COVID supplies...
March Madness has come to Las Vegas, and with it a chance to look at what basketball...
America’s top doctor and his wife – the chief ethicist – were the administrative...
The Baltimore Police Department's forensic lab still doesn’t have the materials it...
Washington, D.C. has the highest work-from-home rate in the country and Americans...
The City of Henderson spent $2.9 million on its credit cards in 2022 — including...
New records show the DA’s office spent at least $32,000 on cameras since 2020 — some...
California Governor Gavin Newsom's potential ties to Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) have...
The bank just deleted their Twitter account. So much for transparency from a bank...
Our 2022 "Impacts & Successes" Annual Report is Here!
While Clark County has a fleet of more than 2,500 vehicles, the cities of Las Vegas...
The city of Baltimore is struggling to pay off its crippling debt, and the burden...
Washington D.C. is overpaying for public housing and it's costing taxpayers millions...
The state of Maine may end up having trouble paying off its bills without burdening...
The City of Austin, Texas did not save any money to pay for future retirees’ healthcare...
Metro Nashville will start paying $7,000 per month to a private company for police...
Today, the culture of secrecy is more pervasive than ever before.
Just how much did it cost to shoot down that balloon?
Kelisa Wing is doubling down as her controversial children's books proliferate in...
In the fiscal year of 2023, Representative Kweisi Mfume D-MD has secured almost $24...
In the cities of North Las Vegas and Henderson, paid time off is generous for the...
While Metro Nashville officials say it’s going to take until at least August to produce...
A combined 606 copies of works authored or contributed to by Kelisa Wing are now...
While DOD obfuscates, Kelisa Wing’s racial justice propaganda proliferates, and she...
Top Republican Sen. Wicker on the Senate Armed Services Committee will address tackle...
Covid cash has been funding non-pandemic plans!
We uncovered that since 2010 the NIH hid $1.4 billion in third-party royalties paid...
We gave oversight to the federal digital divide dollars flowing into the City of...
Austin Police Department (APD) headcounts in 911 operators and rank-and-file police...
The 40-member Metro Nashville Council that Republican state lawmakers want to slash...
The U.S. Department of Education cannot pass an audit, even with a $49 billion taxpayer-funded...
Not including the cost of travel and conferences paid by taxpayers, Cronk will make...
Is the contract in the public's interest or in the special interest of the mayor?
We gave oversight to the Gulf of Maine Research Institute, a local 501c3 organization...
Austin's response to the ice storm was a failure in transparency!
"Legalized" pay-to-play in California – the Newsom's create problems, "solve" them,...
In Baltimore, trash pickup is once every two weeks and Baltimore's brown drinking...
Around 200 Metro employees are receiving taxpayer-funded monthly pensions. They also...
One quarter of Clark County School District’s 11,000 employees had a total compensation...
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are looking to cut spending and make sure Americans in...
Our auditors at OpenTheBooks.com has been giving oversight to federal payrolls going...
Our auditors at OpenTheBooks.com gave oversight to the federal earmarks stuffed into...
While Nevada’s public pension system is facing an $18 billion deficit, it’s cutting...
We found that Baltimore is one of the most dangerous cities in America.
The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County spent half a million...
An agency headed by a senator's wife got hundreds of millions of dollars through...
Adam Andrzejewski, CEO of OpenTheBooks.com joined KEYE CBS-Austin to discuss the...
In their first press conference at any point of the severe winter weather that hit...
Our auditors at OpenTheBooks.com gave oversight to the governor's transition and...
This week, we are taking a deeper dive into the City of Austin credit card expenditure...
Metro Nashville has begun working on a five-year plan to implement its goal of zero...
A 2022 audit of the Department of Defense found hundreds of millions of dollars and...
Paid time off given to City of Las Vegas employees is so generous that in 2021, the...
The Representation Project pulls in revenue from public schools while pushing a far-left...
A judge found that Nashville Fire Department’s defamation and derogatory statements...
Billions of taxpayer dollars for the COVID-19 Lost Wages Assistance program went...
2.6 million students across 11,200 classrooms and 5,000 schools are subjected to...
The NIH has benefited from $1.4 billion in secret third-party royalties over the...
In 2022, OpenTheBooks.com published reports on spending in the City of Las Vegas,...
Jennifer Siebel Newsom’s non-profit, The Representation Project, raises money from...
Starting in Fall 2022, KEYE CBS-Austin partnered with OpenTheBooks.com on a Transparency...
Open The Books founder Adam Andrzejewski joined The National Desk’s Jan Jeffcoat...
In 2022, OpenTheBooks.com published about 20 reports on spending in Metropolitan...
OpenTheBooks has led the way in asking Congress to put every piece of legislation...
Adam Andrzejewski talked about the Republican-led Congress' approach to government...
This to-do list is just a start, and it’s an agenda that’s tangible. As always, we’ll...
At least $325 million in third-party paid royalty payments from healthcare entities...
More than 5,000 Southwest Airlines flights across the United States have been cancelled...
In these hyper-partisan times, Democrats and Republicans found common ground – using...
Southwest stole Christmas for tens of thousands of its passengers.
Amid the ongoing Southwest Airlines crisis leaving thousands of passengers stranded...
Earmarks are the currency of corruption in Congress. Watch the interview and learn...
Texas republicans out-earmarked democrats $500 million to $300 million.
In Maine, republican senator Susan Collins out-earmarked all democrats collectively—...
The Nevada democratic congressional delegation requested $173 million in earmarks...
A new investigation from government spending watchdog OpenTheBooks has revealed the...
Last year, the City of Baltimore didn’t follow rules required to use federal funds,...
7,500 earmarks for $16 billion are included in the latest year-end omnibus spending...
Watch and learn about the top local governments that received a federal grant in...
Meet the Austin Independent School District’s $100,000 Club.
More than 95% of PPP loans were forgiven, and many were sent out to wealthy organizations,...
OpenTheBooks.com investigations can guide them.
On this week's "Waste of the Week," Medicaid is overspending and costing taxpayers...
Today, critics blame the massive largess in “Covid-aid” for spiking the inflation...
$64 billion in federal grants flowed to 294 entities with an Austin, Texas address....
The fiscal year of the U.S. federal government just ended on September 30. The most...
We found nearly $1.5 billion in forgiven Paycheck Protection Program loans went to...
Law firm Boies Schiller Flexner received $10 million in forgiven pandemic loans from...
This week, President Joe Biden continued to tout the spending within the $1.9 trillion...
Metro Nashville is paying almost 200 people for part-time work while also paying...
When negotiating pay packages for public employees, everything has to be on the table...
Big law and accounting firms raked in $1.4 billion in taxpayer-backed COVID-19 "relief"...
We took a snapshot of forgiven Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans and found...
The big firms got bigger and you paid for it during the Covid pandemic.
The new ‘minimum wage’ for government work is now $100,000+.
More than 150 Chinese-born scientists who did U.S. taxpayer-funded military research...
The City of Austin paid out 1,292 grants for a total of $211,224,588 last year! Check...
Baltimore City student test scores have dropped to some of the lowest in the country....
In 2021, the City of Las Vegas contracted with 2,515 distinct vendors who received...
Millions of U. S. dollars have been given to 11 American universities that fund overtly...
Nothing rankles taxpayers more than lawmakers reaping lifetime retirement pensions...
Meet the Portland $70,000 Club – 406 city employees who out-earned Maine Governor...
Last week, our auditors at OpenTheBooks.com identified the Las Vegas $100,000 Club...
Working for Austin city government in a leadership position is very lucrative!
Over 130,000 state workers making over $100,000 in annual salary or pension
"Waste of the Week" on TND: City Spends $1.7M to Install Single Toilet In Town Square
How The PIA Handles Requests.
Illinois debt teetered close to junk bond status until nearly $200 billion in Covid...
Meet Portland’s $70,000 Club.
Meet The Las Vegas $100,000 Club
Nearly 550,000 Unused Sick And Vacation Days "Banked" By Metro Nashville Public School...
The Department of Homeland Security spent more than $400 million a year just to track...
The SBA has forgiven 95 percent of all its PPP loans, in full or in part, including...
How do you debate pay, perks, and pension benefits for public employees if everything...
Metro Nashville gave away $4.8 million in grants to non-profits this year, including...
More than $600 million was handed out in COVID-19 aid to ineligible nonprofits and...
An hour-by-hour timeline of what Dr. Fauci was doing in the months before and after...
A California program is paying people not to have a car and Oregon is spending nearly...
A Baltimore City School police officer is on pace to earn more than his annual salary...
We received Dr. Anthony Fauci’s FY2021 financial disclosures from the National Institutes...
Kelisa Wing advocates a racial reckoning, a revolution in the Pentagon's K-12 schools....
'OpenTheBooks' launched an investigation following tweets from Kelisa Wing, a Department...
3,569 City Employees With $100,000+ Paychecks
Dr. Anthony Fauci's net worth reportedly grew by $5 million during the COVID-19 pandemic...
While millions of Americans suffered under his pandemic policies, Fauci's personal...
The documents contain a wealth of previously unknown information. For example, the...
If your current elected officials continue to show a complete lack of respect for...
The City of Baltimore paid $1,155 for City Council President Nick Mosby to attend...
For the first time in 13 years, New York City failed to find beds for dozens of men...
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky, and Dr. Anthony Fauci clashed during a Wednesday Senate hearing...
Independent transparency non-profit Open the Books has dived deep into California’s...
The top 30 vendors accounted for $5 billion of the contracts after donating $1.5...
There remains so much to be done before the Transparency Revolution will be anywhere...
Pay to play is legal in California as there are no statewide prohibitions.
Millions in donations to Governor Gavin Newsom's campaign have resulted in billions...
The books are finally open in the Golden State!
A 22,500-square-foot jail expansion project in Mendocino County, California, was...
Would you want Nashville’s top public defender to represent you in court?
Is the spending in the public interest, or the special interest?
"I am announcing today that I will be stepping down from the positions of Director...
This week's "Waste of the Week" on The National Desk highlights the roughly $96,000...
In fiscal year 2021, the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County...
A large nonprofit organization that left other Baltimore projects and organizations...
The early days of the Covid-19 pandemic were hard on most people, but especially...
The "Waste of the Week" goes to the Connecticut Port Authority and President Joe...
The Metropolitan Government of Nashville's employees drove more than 700 taxpayer-funded...
The company denies that its surveys function as the gateway for critical race theory...
On June 3, 2022, we sampled 50 nonprofits receiving city grants and found that 15...
Oregon state officials are being scrutinized after an audit on the state's education...
The Export-Import Bank.
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs spent $2.3 million on unused data plans and...
It’s the largest federal retirement package in history. An unprecedented golden parachute...
Open the Books is suing in federal court, seeking to force the National Institutes...
(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today it filed a Freedom of Information...
Some officials in the City of Baltimore get taxpayer-funded vehicles.
As violence in Baltimore rises, the city's mayors continue to receive raises!
Despite 220 staffers quitting last year, the Biden Administration has spent more...
220 staffers left what used to be the most expensive White House payroll in American...
Two recent audits from Baltimore City Comptroller Bill Henry’s office found “fiscal...
Exposing the continued fleecing of America.
The City of Baltimore has collected $62.5 million in fines from 142 speed camera...
Republican Kentucky Senator Rand Paul got into a heated dispute with Dr. Anthony...
Recipients of secret royalty payments who hold key roles at the National Institutes...
Dr. Gallo left NIH in 1995. However, between 2010 and 2016, he ranked #1 of 1,805...
After more than two years now of dealing with the coronavirus pandemic, questions...
More than 1,800 government scientists collected 27,244 royalty payments worth hundreds...
A sampling of organizations that do business with the City of Baltimore has revealed...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, cell phones and a big bonus for one...
Emily Compagno and her "Outnumbered" co-hosts discuss our findings on L.A. lifeguards...
OpenTheBooks finds Los Angeles is shelling out executive-level pay to some lifeguards.
Baywatch needs to go on pay watch!
If the Department of Finance doesn’t already have the records for spending from 12-months...
The WEF soaked up $60 million In taxpayer funding over the last eight years.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has received more scrutiny of its activities...
Mr. Musk asked "who funds them?" We answered... and, in part, it's you.
It's the first time since 2005 that the NIH royalty payments receive oversight.
Scientists at the National Institutes of Health received royalty payments from third-party...
The U.S. State Department is going to send up to $50,000 to nonprofits and universities...
This year, Baltimore’s cyber security insurance coverage amount was halved while...
An Analysis By Victor Davis Hanson.
California's public school districts are paying an education consultant $5,000 an...
City agencies produced numbers that are wildly apart – differing by $11 million in...
Can't we all agree that college students should be real?
When it comes to spending your tax dollars, California holds a unique and unpleasant...
Teacher's unions donated heavily to keep the schools closed to classroom instruction.
The top law enforcement officer in the City of Baltimore, Marilyn Mosby, is under...
They're milking taxpayers like dairy cows!
The SunRail commuter rail system in Orlando, Florida is currently running a $50 MILLION...
It’s like playing baseball with one side (patients) wearing blindfolds and the other...
The City of Baltimore disclosed 13,990 employees – full and part-time workers – who...
Three of the largest for-profit hospital chains in the U.S. made a combined $120...
Baltimore ransomware attacks could be costing the taxpayers money.
According to our findings, the Pentagon’s latest project will spend up to $3.8 million...
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is withholding records related to Dr. Anthony...
Dr. Anthony Fauci is the most highly compensated federal employee and the most visible....
Forbes couldn’t resist the pressure from the National Institutes of Health.
OpenTheBooks CEO/Founder Adam Andrzejewski was fired as a contributor at Forbes after...
Should the man who presided over the city’s underfunded pension system get a $153,223...
Today, there are more people that are unhoused than ever before in the city of Los...
Forbes has cut off its association with a prolific contributor after he wrote a number...
Safe Streets is designed to de-escalate conflicts before they become violent. But...
President Joe Biden signed a $1.5 trillion spending bill last week that passed in...
Creating more transparency and accountability for city-funded programs should be...
While travel around the country was curtailed during the Covid-19 pandemic, an organization...
The Senate has passed a massive $1.5 trillion federal spending bill with more than...
Lenawee County in Michigan is using COVID relief funds to build a sporting complex.
Aspen Institute employees contributed more than $800K to Democratic candidates and...
Half a million dollars in U.S. tax funds are to be spent to support independent media...
However, during the last week, working with the mayor, we helped make it a little...
Tel Aviv, Tokyo, Berlin and Paris may sit atop lists of the best places to take a...
Between 2017 and 2021, more than 500 Congress members disclosed that they took more...
U.S. Senator Roger Marshall received Dr. Fauci’s unredacted FY2020 financial disclosures....
If your name is Adam Andrzejewski and you publish an article on Dr. Fauci on digital...
More than $80 billion in unemployment benefits have been claimed fraudulently. The...
The U.S. Department of State's Office of Overseas Schools has mismanaged more than...
OpenTheBooks CEO/Founder Adam Andrzejewski's author archive at Forbes.com.
The Biden administration has laid out plans through the U.S. Treasury to open up...
NIH admits it holds approximately 1,200 pages relating to Fauci’s financial information...
If Dr. Fauci retired today, he would reap the largest federal retirement package...
U.S. government entered a contract with a nonprofit organization that provides legal...
The U.S. response to Covid is premised on a never-ending declaration of health emergency.
$25,000 in taxpayer money is being used to grow China’s surfing community...
Learning for thousands of students is still remote due to COVID-19.
Fauci's financial disclosures aren't listed in the same searchable database as many...
$3.6 billion in COVID relief aid was given to people who did not qualify for the...
Everyday, we highlight one quick, blood-boiling example of how our government is...
There were more than $39 billion in improper unemployment payments during the first...
Billions of dollars in equipment was left behind in Afghanistan following the U.S....
What began as a simple salary data search on officers in the New Orleans Police Department...
The FBI as well as several other federal agencies spent about half a billion dollars...
The Waste Of The Week went to the VA hiring spree and an Ivy League study on overweight...
An open letter to you, the American taxpayer.
Only 1 in 10 sworn officers on the force were deployed to interior and exterior posts...
The rising cost of healthcare is undermining the American Dream.
Federal agencies have spent trillions of dollars in unnecessary government spending.
Just search with your state and zip code!
Senatorial libraries are the new "monuments to me" and might soon be funded with...
Do we have a representative republic if the representatives get to hide all transactions...
A Cali. Supreme Court order for a lawsuit demanding that the state controller disseminate...
The funding was meant to help schools reopen and get kids back into classrooms safely,...
Who knew that taxpayers were subsidizing Hollywood through federal contracts?
Federal informants minted as millionaires.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio wants to rid the city of Donald Trump.
The FBI spent an average of $42 million a year on confidential human sources between...
Many wealthy Americans received stimulus payments as well.
The Ivy League doesn’t need taxpayer help!
In fiscal year 2021, the U.S. government paid $246.9 million in claims for vaccine-related...
The Ivies added $44 billion to their endowments this year, and new estimates show...
A county in Utah used $322K in COVID funds to expand a snow tubing hill.
Judicial Watch filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit on behalf of OpenTheBooks.com...
It’s hard for American citizens to follow the money in Washington, D.C. if the Federal...
Senate Democrats continue to fight among themselves over President Joe Biden’s proposed...
Dr. Anthony Fauci Received Big Pay Increase To Prevent Pandemics.
Fauci gets a pay raise!
AG Merrick Garland connected to student survey group.
Garland's move to have the FBI investigate parents at school board meetings quickly...
Mayor Lightfoot’s proposal would give $500 monthly payments for 12 months.
VP Kamala Harris’ office recently rejected our Freedom of Information Act request...
It's all part of the bipartisan $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill.
Included in the $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill is a hike in fines from OSHA regarding...
Before Congress considers raising the debt limit again, they should take a look at...
Did House dems sneak in an OSHA provision to enforce Biden's vax mandate?
The swamp gets deeper!
In 100 of 122 executive agencies, the average pay exceeded $100,000 per year.
The unemployment system is rife with fraud.
Only $2 million out of $316 million has actually been distributed.
In 2016 California legalized recreational marijuana, but the move may be costing...
The state controller says she can't "locate" a single one of the 50 million payments...
The War in Afghanistan has always been a black box, but the Biden administration...
Everything that hasn’t been destroyed is the Taliban’s now.
This is the the latest example of how the insurgents are flaunting their newly acquired...
The Biden Administration is hiding previously published audit reports quantifying...
How did everything the U.S. built collapse so quickly?
Renovations at the United Nations building in Manhattan cost nearly a billion dollars...
The San Francisco Bay Area subway expansion is nearly $2 billion over budget.
The American taxpayer has been very generous to foreign countries over a long period...
If this doesn't make you scream, you might be unconscious.
Critics ask, "Why does protection for the people matter less?"
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) awarded her latest Squeal Award (Jul. 27) to the Federal...
Ernst is introducing the Put the Brakes on Boondoggles Act to preserve taxpayer dollars.
Our auditors at OpenTheBooks.com will have a target-rich environment to shine a white-hot...
De Blasio, Lightfoot, Breed are among the beneficiaries of the taxpayer-funded security...
If the White House payroll is a leading indicator of the president’s commitment to...
Taxpayer abuse doesn't sleep.
Pork is back on the table in Congress and it’s being served red.
Taxpayers across America remember and miss the good Democratic senator from Wisconsin.
As civil unrest loomed last year, Chicago Mayor Lightfoot fully compensated police...
This makes 44 paid days off for the average federal employee annually, which is nearly...
Did Anthony Fauci blur the lines between propaganda, public affairs, and publicity?
Foster Friess was a good friend; OpenTheBooks board advisor; and will be missed by...
Trump cut the Palestinian aid to zero in 2018. Now, Biden has reversed it.
35,940 lawyers work in 200 federal agencies and the headcount is at an all-time high.
Savvy bargaining has gotten L.A. lifeguards handsome benefits and six-figure salaries.
Pork is back on the table in Congress!
Don't bring back the earmark favor factory!
Each day in our #WASTEOFTHEDAY we highlight one quick, blood-boiling example of how...
The CCP received up to $420 million in PPP loan funds in 2020.
Public employees in Boston will continue to earn high wages thanks to taxpayer bailouts.
There is a $31 billion shift and it has shifted to blue states.
Republicans voted no, but took the dough.
With a $225,000 salary, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is the country’s highest paid...
Illinois public employees and retirees with $100,000+ paychecks grew to an all-time...
The doctor is well-paid for his role — and his high salary has helped give him a...
Baltimore City Schools spent hundreds of thousands of dollars paying "hall monitors"...
Only 2 of the top 20 earners were women!
Life’s a beach for these California lifeguards.
The most recent bill will provide just under $200 billion in state and local government...
Lawmakers are criticizing $350 billion in the COVID relief bill.
Is President Joe Biden’s proposed $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill a critical lifeline...
Buried on page 305 of the $1.9 Trillion “American Rescue Plan Act of 2021” is a provision...
Critics are calling it the "bailout for bureaucrats."
In 2020, Chicago had 20,927 full-time teachers at a total payroll cost of $2.3 billion.
Some members of Congress have tried to introduce term limits to no avail.
Q&A for FOIA
According to auditors at OpentheBooks, 20,000 city employees across all departments...
New data shows that the federal government has become one never-ending gun show.
Fauci pulled in $417,608.00 in 2019—his largest haul ever.
The four head coaches from football powerhouses Alabama, Clemson, Ohio State, and...
In so many ways, members of Congress shove to the front of the line, living large...
Since 2004, twenty large federal agencies have admitted to disbursing an astonishing...
There are some big numbers showing the federal government spending billions of dollars.
Tax records show more than a dozen of the loan recipients owed a combined $21,000...
Governor Andrew Cuomo has embraced the highly unethical practice of soliciting campaign...
Mayor Bill de Blasio is aggressively pushing for a $12.4 billion federal bailout.
New data released by the Small Business Administration shows taxpayers gave more...
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) is introducing legislation requiring all senators and representatives...
WASHINGTON (SBG) — They may not enjoy an overall high approval rating, but for members...
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has said numerous times during his daily COVID-19 news briefings...
The country is feeling a lot of stress thanks to the coronavirus, and it’s got the...
Open the Books released its congressional oversight report on Friday, which details...
Struggling hospitals and those hardest hit by COVID-19 should get more federal funding...
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi unveiled a $3 trillion coronavirus aid on May 12, 2020
As lawmakers in Washington rushed to pass a nearly $2.3 trillion stimulus package...
Illinois could soon be the first state in history to have its bonds rated as “junk.”
Last Saturday, America lost a true giant and one of the great men in our nation’s...
On March 25, 2020, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed a $2 trillion “Phase III” emergency...
In an effort to provide the most up-to-date information, Johns Hopkins University...
The blueprint for President Donald Trump’s future priorities is now official with...
President Trump sent Congress a $4.8 trillion budget request for fiscal 2021.
The Trump administration’s budget for fiscal year 2021 will take steps to curb what...
Unfortunately, last fall, California State Controller Betty Yee (pictured) rejected...
We have sued the state of California for refusing to release its state checkbook...
State auditor blasts Fi$Cal system, which critics say cannot even produce a simple...
Out of the 50 states, California is the only one that refuses to produce its state...
A growing number of California state agencies are missing budget deadlines because...
The Golden State threatens accountability and transparency.
WASHINGTON — Rep. Chris Collins will likely get to keep his congressional pension...
WASHINGTON—During the biggest federal spending week of the Fiscal Year, U.S. Senator...
Federal agencies have shelled out tens of millions of dollars on cars, movie cameras...
It’s no secret that football and basketball coaches at public universities command...
The public’s support of small business is as all-American as apple pie.
Lending Practices FY2014-FY2018
A new report is shedding light on Broward Schools Superintendent Robert Runcie's...
According to the New York Times, rat complaints have risen from 12,617 in 2014 to...
Wyoming has launched a new government financial transparency website.
“Both parties are engaged in a war on math that math will eventually win,” said Adam...
Our oversight report "Top 82 U.S. Non-Profit U.S. Hospitals: Quantifying Government...
We believe that the utter lack of transparency in the healthcare industry is one...
A listing of our top media hits and a full list of our broadcast, online, and print...
Our co-investigation with the New York Times. Complaints to the city provided no...
The rat war is now two years old. So how’s the city faring?
Gentrifying neighborhoods are a key reason behind the vermin outbreak, which extends...
The federal government is reportedly spending billions to fund a number of Fortune...
Fortune 100 companies are among the most aggressive at lobbying Washington — and...
U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), known for making Washington “squeal,” is introducing...
Today, the City of San Francisco is in trouble.
Interactive map reveals the staggering amount of of human waste on San Francisco's...
Mapping San Francisco's Human Waste Challenge - 132,562 Cases Reported In The Public...
From seminaries to beauty schools, taxpayers are financing the schooling of millions...
Government transparency advocate Adam Andrzejewski said in an interview that aired...
In the wake of a startling oversight report from Open the Books showing massive federal...
Taxpayers have a right to know where government funds are going and to whom.
In an annual spree to spend money during the last month of the fiscal year, the federal...
The federal government found a way to spend $97 billion in a single month last year,...
Against the backdrop of a record-breaking $22 trillion in national debt, the revelation...
Federal agencies billed taxpayers millions for lobster tail, alcohol, standing desks,...
What the shell? A federal agency spent $4.6 million on crab and lobster tails in...
It turns out September, not April, may be federal taxpayers’ worst nightmare.
Wyoming's state auditor has provided all state spending records that two government...
New State Auditor Kristi Racines Embraces The Transparency Revolution: American Transparency...
OpenTheBooks Oversight Study: Federal employees are back on the job after the government...
Wyoming’s state auditor is failing to provide records of payments to state vendors...
The NCAA College Football National Championship semifinal games will soon kick off.
OpenTheBooks Oversight Study: These city plumbers are flush with overtime cash. Of...
CHICAGO (CBS) — Deputy Chief Jeffrey Horan is currently the highest earner of Chicago...
In 1930, the first full year of the Great Depression, baseball great Babe Ruth wanted...
WASHINGTON - At the end of every fiscal year, a spending spree of billions of federal...
WASHINGTON — At the end of every fiscal year, a spending spree of billions of federal...
A joint investigation between FOX 32 and Open The Books uncovered another Illinois...
CHEYENNE – Wyoming has a reputation for its lack of government transparency.
"Eliminating waste takes an extraordinary force of will. Targeting agencies demonstrates...
"We're going to cut spending, absolutely. It's not as tough as you think, there's...
We have a new special report in our investigation of the super-sized salaries of...
A tiny suburban school has about 100 students, but the superintendent is pulling...
A Chicago TV news crew dropped by a Calumet City School District 155 board meeting...
Taxpayers in Illinois are used to getting shaved. But you probably didn't realize...
In a story we brought you first in a FOX 32 special report, the superintendent of...
In the last weeks before November’s crucial election, President Trump should make...
"Dollars must start following the child, not the bureaucracy."
He's already the highest paid school superintendent in the state of Illinois.
"As commander in chief, President Donald Trump can lead the ‘War on Waste.' We are...
The Pentagon is expected to spend more than $111 billion in three months as it rushes...
Federal agencies spent millions on cars, scooters, fidget spinners, and shuffleboards...
"If the swamp seems to be draining slowly, that’s because Congress hasn’t removed...
Former U.S. Senator Dr. Tom Coburn (Okla.) and Adam Andrzejewski, CEO and Founder...
Congress is making some progress on spending bills for fiscal year 2019, which starts...
"By campaigning under the guise of 'official' business, Governor Kate Brown is keeping...
A movie star is more likely than a cowboy to stroll down Beverly Hills’ famed Rodeo...
Senators Seek Answers from High-Spending Federal Agencies on ‘Use It or Lose It’...
"We appreciate the scrutiny the [Forbes] article brought to us and caused us to look...
Wyoming School District, Natrona County SD in Casper, Spends $10 Million on Credit...
Who received $1 million+ in federal farm subsidies in your ZIP code?
CHICAGO (CBS) — Hundreds of Chicagoans are cashing in on federal farm subsidy programs...
Over a three-year period, nearly $8 million in federal farm subsidies flowed to recipients...
"Today, farm subsidies have grown so lucrative that wealthy investors, large corporations,...
"It isn't a swamp, it's an ocean." - Investor's Business Daily Editorial Board (December...
"Florida was ranked the number one fiscally responsible state in 2017, but perhaps...
CHEYENNE – Tired of waiting for the Wyoming auditor to produce state spending records,...
"Illinois citizens are tired of taxpayer abuse, golden parachutes, and huge payouts...
The retiring executive director of the Illinois State Board of Investment (ISBI),...
"In the absence of a pay cap for Texas educators, unwarranted pay for superintendents,...
"Trump should use every tool at his disposal – from Twitter to rescissions – to change...
"Trump’s White House payroll has been a leading indicator of his commitment to 'do...
Operation Drain the Swamp by Adam Andrzejewski
They’ve paid thousands in fees and waited for months, but two transparency advocacy...
"Just what is hidden inside the Wyoming state checkbook? We are fighting for a speedy...
Wyoming receives an “F” in transparency from the Center for Public Integrity in Washington,...
"Illinois teachers are starting their three-month summer break. But when it comes...
The city's generous payroll and benefits system continues to draw fire for exorbitant...
"Oregon Governor Kate Brown used public funds for a private purpose during her time...
"The open-government movement is revolutionizing United States public policy."
Congressional leaders from both parties assure their colleagues there’s nowhere to...
"Just how much federal waste, duplication and weird or unnecessary spending are your...
The state of Illinois sees some of the largest pension payouts in the nation, which...
"Nobody knows how to game the system for personal gain like an Illinois lawmaker...
Nobody knows how to game the system for personal gain like an Illinois lawmaker.
When Gretchen Virlee-Wagner, an assistant training officer with the Ann Arbor Fire...
"Maybe increased funding from congress would help the IRS keep its website running...
Uncle Sam's top tech team choked on game day.
"What's the matter with Illinois higher education? While enrollments trended downward,...
There’s something wrong with Illinois higher education.
As politicians point fingers, it’s important to ask how they're doing with their...
Should performance bonuses handed out to federal employees be public information?...
“Shining a light on federal performance bonuses is the next phase of the transparency...
Lakewood organizations receive less federal grant assistance than other big cities...
FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe has left the bureau under a cloud, but for him...
Lawmakers are questioning the Office of Personnel Management on why it has not revealed...
Sunshine isn't just a week – it's our right. It's time citizens demand it.
Congressman Trey Gowdy wants to know why federal employee salary information is suddenly...
The government’s personnel agency is hiding information about federal employees’...
144 employees at local units of government made more than $190,000 and out-earned...
Today, our public servants have figured out how to serve themselves, gaming the system...
"With its newly minted excuses, the bureaucracy itself is trying to fight back against...
What's the Matter with Federal Salary Redactions?
"The administrative state was designed to resist reform. Without a constant effort,...
Every time there’s a threat of a government shutdown, a threat once rare but now...
When we opened the books on Oregon Gov. Kate Brown's lobbying disclosures, we found...
CHEYENNE – Legal action could be coming against the state of Wyoming as transparency...
It took the Oregon Government Ethics Commission roughly 24 hours to vet and reject...
"Earmarking is the surest way for Republicans to infuriate voters and get thrown...
"It Isn't a Swamp, It's an Ocean." Investor's Business Daily
Adam Andrezejewski from Open The Books stopped by the Steve Cochran Show to discuss...
"What will you find in your own backyard?" Every taxpayer in America can search the...
Tens of thousands of federal employees earn more money than any U.S. governor.
Throughout Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign, he promised to “drain the swamp” and to...
The federal government has become one of the most generous employers ever.
The U.S. Government doled out $1.5 billion in recruitment, retention, incentive,...
"We found small and large agencies across the federal government gaming the system...
We mapped the money at OpenTheBooks.com (FY2016). Search the 1.97 million federal...
"This is exactly why people are so upset. It's another reason why your property taxes...
Local tax dollars should not be spent on valet parking.
"The taxpayer gravy train needs to end. Congressional attention on the Ivy League...
Congress plans to bring transparency to allegedly inappropriate taxpayer-funded settlement...
Given the choice of obeying the law or not, too many public officials choose to try...
"When it comes to the 'war on women,' many politicians are hypocrites!"
When it comes to the “war on women,” many politicians are hypocrites.
A new report found that Rahm Emanuel's Chicago is one of the worst cities when it...
Politicians rush to condemn gun ownership by private citizens.
Nearly all of top Chicago salaries went to men in Emanuel's fifth year as mayor
Politicians on all sides insist that we can’t have those big “beautiful” tax cuts...
It’s still a man’s world in New York City government when it comes to getting paid...
We found that top-paid men outnumbered women two to one at the federal level.
After grabbing legal power, the feds are amassing firepower.
The inmates are running the asylum.
25% of muni workers hit $100G pay jackpot.
“New York City can be a hub of opportunity, and not just for aspiring Broadway stars.
The end of the fiscal year just doesn't look like one big party. It is one big party.
Brian Lamb's inquiries dug into our OpenTheBooks' mission, vision, data capture and...
Adam Andrzejewski, founder of OpenTheBooks.com, speaks with CSPAN founder Brian Lamb...
Brian Lamb's questions dig into our OpenTheBooks' mission, vision, data capture and...
Weapons typically reserved for war-time use will start flowing to local law enforcement...
Adam Andrzejewski discusses the Illinois government’s gender hiring gap.
Open The Books Founder and CEO Adam Andrzejewski joined Steve Cochran in the WGN...
CHICAGO (CBS) — Chicago’s overtime costs are out of control, according to a budget...
Chicago is in trouble and continues to flirt with junk bond status.
Illinois is broke and continues to flirt with junk bond status.
OpenTheBooks released an oversight report on all grant-making in 2016 at the National...
Cactus dances, Christopher Columbus assassination plays receive taxpayer funding.
Rep. Ron DeSantis told TMN Wednesday that today he will formally introduce legislation...
Open the Books report comes amid Trump’s targeting arts funding
"The investigative work of OpenTheBooks has fomented a revolution in fiscal transparency." Wall...
The rich nonprofits tend to get richer, and financial need seems to play little role...
The Trump White House’s report on staff salaries, which was released Friday, reflects...
President Trump could save tax payers as much as $22 million from working with a...
"If the White House payroll is a leading indicator of the president's commitment...
MAKE FEDERAL PENSIONS TRANSPARENT By Rep. Ron DeSantis & Adam Andrzejewski
Adam Andrzejewski, founder and CEO OpenTheBooks.com, talks about how his database...
“President Donald Trump look alike brutally stabbed and murdered in a modern interpretation...
New York City’s Public Theater has received nearly $30 million in federal, state,...
New York Public Theater's controversial production of Julius Caesar received a standing...
New York City’s Public Theater ‘Shakespeare in the Park’ production of Julius Caesar...
JULIUS CAESAR'S PARENT - THE NEW YORK SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL GIVEN $30 MILLION IN TAXPAYER...
Washington, D.C. is known for its monuments, but it is also known for its “ivory...
Did Brookings lose its integrity as a think tank when government became a $20 Million...
Did Brookings lose its integrity when government became its $20 million donor?
With the House Judiciary Committee’s approval of House of Representatives Bill 2431...
"Oregonians deserve a safe space from government manipulation, propaganda and bloated...
The Edgar County Watchdogs recently joined more than a dozen other citizens and groups...
America’s wealthiest universities appear intent on protecting tax breaks for their...
Auditor General William Holland was in charge of scrutinizing public pocketbooks,...
Penn spends over a million dollars each year trying to influence legislation on the...
The state's fiscal problems are still in search of a solution.
A growing number of law enforcement agencies are using surplus military gear.
"Sanctuary cities" are scrambling to assess what they stand to lose if the Trump...
"... a regular Statement and Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of all public...
Ivy League schools have benefited from taxpayer subsidies, tax breaks and federal...
Our report details how Ivy Leagues pulled down a total of $41.59 billion from 2010...
Our report sheds light on enormous sums of money the federal government provides...
RICH SCHOOLS GETTING RICHER.
Why taxpayers are on the hook for billions of dollars in government aid to Ivy League...
INVESTIGATING IVY LEAGUE, INC. "The taxpayer gravy train needs to end..." $41 Billion...
America's Ivy League colleges have received tens of billions of dollars in taxpayer...
America's Ivy League colleges received more than $26 billion in federal contracts...
Over a 6-year period, Ivy League schools have received tens of billions in tax dollars.
What's retired IRS chief Lois Lerner's pension? No one, besides Lerner, knows. We...
The American people deserve to see the granular details of who's receiving what,...
One of the clear results of November’s elections and their aftermath is that many...
Many citizens have a profound mistrust of the institutions that govern their lives.
While city leaders in Hartford and New Haven say they are proud of their sanctuary...
States with cities that hold onto their "sanctuary" status for illegal immigrants...
The bills are stacking up as tuition costs surge. "It sucks," said USF senior...
Hugh Hewitt hosts Adam Andrzejewski, Founder & CEO of OpenTheBooks. A national interview...
Broadcasting across the country to millions of listeners, Hugh Hewitt hosts Adam...
A recent comment by Mayor Kenney's spokeswoman sums up the commitment and compassion...
Oregon’s governor received a donation from the president of a company that raked...
Over 200 state contractors funded the political careers of Governor Kate Brown and...
Rep. Knute Buehler, R-Bend, plans to introduce legislation restricting so-called...
Rep. Knute Buehler proposed the law change the same day Forbes Magazine reported...
WHEELING — Could Wheeling be going the way of Los Angeles? One local group hopes...
Donald Trump kickstarted his presidential campaign by asserting that Mexico is sending...
Trump's threat to cut off federal funding for sanctuary cities could cost their taxpayers...
Several towns, cities and counties around the nation are caving to President Trump's...
$27 billion into America's 106 Sanctuary Cities is at stake.
President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order putting sanctuary cities in the...
Donald Trump promised that one of his first acts as president would be to address...
President Donald Trump could withhold nearly $27 billion from sanctuary cities as...
More than 100 sanctuary cities across America received a total of $27 billion in...
American taxpayers pay $27 billion to "sanctuary cities," money that President Trump...
Sanctuary cities receive over $27 billion each year from the federal government,...
It may not be easy for President-elect Donald Trump to cut egregious spending across...
Feeling all warm and fuzzy after a festive weekend with the family? Well, it’s time...
Can't You Just Feel the Excitement?
One way to encourage economic growth is to stop wasting taxpayer dollars on activities...
Our Advice to Donald J. Trump
Everything from public service announcements about the Zika virus to the dangers...
CalPERS has really screwed up these investments the past couple of years, and we...
Today, RealClear Investigations, reporter James Varney, launches new oversight of...
Inside The Terrible, No Good Mess Of The Port Authority Police
Scandal continues to plague the Port Authority, the bi-state agency that is supposed...
OH TREASURER JOSH MANDEL AND OPENTHEBOOKS PRESENT: OHIOCHECKBOOK APP
Reigniting a perpetually smoldering debate with nationwide implications, the California...
For the first time, the financial books at all levels of government in Ohio are accessible...
Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel announced today a national transparency partnership with...
21,862 Highly-Compensated, Retired California Public
Open the Books is back with another important government transparency report. This...
California’s liberals are infamous for railing against the top 1 percent and the...
220,000 highly-compensated California public employees make over $100,000 per year...
Whenever we open the books, California is consistently among the worst offenders.
Boeing offered congratulations to Donald Trump but declined to discuss major issues...
Today at Forbes, Adam Andrzejewski highlights our oversight research of "Mr. Regulator,"...
A powerful state commissioner acts as if rules are only for other people.
Ivy League colleges hold $2 million per student in endowment funds, yet soak up $30...
In today's Wall Street Journal, James Piereson and Naomi Schaefer Riley highlighted...
The U.S. government spends $1.5 billion annually on public relations and advertising...
Last year, federal spending of $15 BILLION on 'Public Relations' included $500 million...
Last month, Sen. Chuck Grassley asked the Department of Veterans Affairs why they...
Over the past two months, we've challenged the VA over their $20 million in high-end...
Another long, hot summer at U.S. Veterans Affairs (VA) is in the history books without...
More than 70,000 vendors are owed $8.2 billion.
The Small Business Administration spent $18 billion over 15 years on taxpayer-financed...
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A new report has found the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) spent $20 million...
The VA Palo Alto Health Care System and other federal facilities for veterans are...
Playing the 'Big Six Wheel' in Las Vegas has better odds than large tranches of the...
In Illinois, the politically connected are paid first. The folks with real needs...
Adam Andrzejewski works for openthebooks.com. He’s asking for public employee and...
Officials with Chillicothe's VA Medical Center are defending a 2011 purchase of a...
"No one tells the veterans' story better than a veteran. Veterans themselves should...
OpenTheBooks is calling on the Veterans Affairs Administration to showcase work by...
The VA's costly art collection. Report: $20 Million spent over past decade
ABC World News Tonight covers the OpenTheBooks.com oversight discovery regarding...
A new report alleges that the Department of Veterans Affairs spent $20 million between...
ABC News - Good Morning America covered our OpenTheBooks.com oversight findings that...
Channel 2 Action News broke the story of the department of Veteran's Affairs spending...
From 2012–2015, while 1,000 veterans died waiting for health care and numerous calls...
Open The Books & COX Media Washington, D.C. showcase: Of the $20 million spent, $16...
The Veterans Affairs administration doled out $20million over the past 10 years to...
The Department of Veterans Affairs is spending millions of taxpayer dollars on artwork...
The Veterans Affairs administration spent $20 million on expensive artwork and sculptures...
A joint investigation with COX Media and OpenTheBooks.com found that the Department...
VA Continues Excessive Spending on High-End Art Despite Claims That Department Is...
A report has found the Veterans Affairs spent a wild $20 million on artwork in the...
The Department of Veterans Affairs spent millions of dollars on artwork and decorations...
Hundreds of veterans have died while waiting to get care from the Department of Veterans...
While veterans died; while suicide assistance calls went unanswered; while healthcare-claim...
Partnering with COX Media Washington, D.C. Bureau; ABC - affiliate WSB-Atlanta; and...
Sculptures than cost more than five-bedroom homes? Christmas trees that are the...
Today, the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, held hearings...
Dr. Tom Coburn, Honorary Chairman of OpenTheBooks.com and co-author of the Wall Street...
Analysis by OpenTheBooks.com estimates that the number of non-Department of Defense...
After grabbing legal power, federal bureaucrats are amassing firepower.
Across America, taxpayers are concerned about politicians rigging the system.
The Democrats' gun-control theatrics were on display last month in the House of Representatives...
In Missouri, it's legal for state vendors to fund the war chests of politicians. In...
FIREARMS AND MUNITIONS AT RISK: EXAMINING INADEQUATE SAFEGUARDS
The U.S. Agriculture Department’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service doesn’t...
In the race of his political life, the Republican is advocating a security platform...
The Department of Veterans Affairs bought more than $11 million worth of weapons,...
The federal government has spent $1.5 billion on guns and ammo since 2006, and lost...
After riots broke out in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014 following the fatal shooting...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The IRS is coming under fire for its stockpile of heavy weapons,...
The IRS tracks its Criminal Investigation division's inventory of equipment, including...
OpenTheBooks.com estimates that the number of border patrol, customs, and immigration...
The British vote to leave the European Union may just be the biggest shock to English...
Federal agencies other than the Department of Defense spent nearly $1.5 billion on...
Here we go again. Stuck in the aftermath of a horrific shooting and all politicians...
There are now more non-military government employees who carry guns than there are...
None of the agencies being armed and trained are considered military, so they can...
"Reading your editorial in the Wall Street Journal last week, raised questions...
An Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) public relations official is blocking interviews...
Ronald Reagan once famously quipped that nine of the most terrifying words in the...
While I dismiss conspiracy theories that presume there’s a plan in Washington to...
In the aftermath of the Orlando terrorist attack, many Washington politicians tried...
We all know that President Obama increases gun sales throughout the country every...
The number of armed non-military government employees now exceeds the number of U.S....
TOM Coburn left public office in early 2015. He has not left the public square, for...
It seems the Honorable Dr. Tom Coburn has given us a few more dots to connect. In...
Nonmilitary federal agencies have spent almost $1.5 billion on guns, ammunition,...
Yeah, that is a very good question. It actually has an easy answer though. – It...
The London Mills Village Board of Trustees closed the police department two months...
A Federal law enforcement officer stands outside the Brooklyn Federal Courthouse...
The tiny village of Lostant is not known as a haven for crime, but its police department...
Special agents at the IRS equipped with AR-15 military-style rifles? Health and Human...
Why Does the IRS Need Guns? By Tom Coburn and Adam Andrzejewski, Wall Street Journal
The Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service spent...
"Who are they [the feds] preparing to battle?"
A decade ago, when State Treasurer John Chiang was chair of the Board of Equalization,...
New numbers show that the 7,499 ‘highly compensated,’ six-figure school administrator/teacher...
A new study from a government watchdog group called Open the Books focuses on how...
A police lieutenant at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey retired in 2013...
In 2013, a police lieutenant at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey retired...
I’m still trying to figure out how exactly it happens. How do you give someone billions...
An interactive guide by OpenTheBooks gives veterans and their families quick access...
Our World War II 'Boys of Fury' and The Prayer Behind the Barn
RealClear Policy showcases our Forbes column, The VA Scandal Two Years Later
There is anger and disappointment ahead of the Memorial Day weekend, with the U.S....
He has since apologized for it (poorly) but the statement’s still out there. And...
A newly-released study of the Department of Veterans Affairs revealed the agency...
A newly released study hammered the Department of Veterans Affairs for spending a...
In Illinois politics, anything happens for the good of the people, it’s entirely...
Adam Andrzejewski, founder and CEO of the always excellent Open the Books, has published...
The Department of Veterans Affairs created 40,000 new positions from 2012 to 2015,...
Government transparency group Open the Books launched an interactive map Wednesday...
During and after the VA wait-time scandal, the agency added nearly 40,000 positions...
Highland Park, Illinois, is an affluent north-Chicago suburban community of about...
$100k+ for 50,000 IL Public Employees Costs Taxpayers
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Real Clear Markets - 'Minimum Wage' of $100k for 50k Illinois Public Employees
'Minimum Wage' of $100,000+ for 50,000 Highly Compensated Illinois Public Employees...
Adam Andrzejewski, CEO of OpenTheBooks.com, gave a talk discussing his organization’s...
Despite public outcry, new federal data shows that 2014 and 2015 were peak years...
RealClearPolicy.com covers our report, The Militarization of America’s Police by...
OpenTheBooks, a watchdog group that monitors government spending activities, has...
The militarization of America's police has been a topic of concern for years (most...
Since 2006, the federal government has supplied local police departments across the...
New Data Shows Feds Transfer $2.2B in Military Gear
“David, I can’t believe that you put your name on this poisonous bilge. Whatever...
The federal government employs 25,060 people under the job classification “general...
New Tool Maps The Unsustainable Illinois Pension System
Federal taxpayers spent $26.2 billion between 2007 and 2014 on more than 25,000 lawyers...
We are working hard to show you the vast size, scope and power of government. Today,...
A “pervasive army” of more than 25,000 federal lawyers have raked in $26.2 billion...
It has now been 90 days since the killing of LaVoy Finicum on a desolate Highway...
As we've known for quite some time now, Illinois is completely insolvent, and in...
In just six years, the problem of six-figure pensions will be three-times worse.
Two years ago, Americans were horrified to learn that as many as 1,000 of our nation’s...
During Newport Borough Council's April 5 meeting, Frank Campbell reported that the...
THE 'PENSION PALACE' FOR ILLINOIS LAWMAKERS
New report spotlights the generous, pensionable salaries of Illinois city managers
OPEN THE BOOKS ON THE CALIFORNIA STATE CHECKBOOK
PUBLIC SUNSHINE BADLY NEEDED ON FLORIDA PENSIONS
OPEN THE BOOKS ON FEDERAL PENSIONS
California lawmakers this week called for more transparency in state government,...
The idealized view of government as dedicated public servants, working steadily and...
All they wanted to do is refine their agency’s messaging. A simple plan by the Substance...
Remember the Gold King mine spill in Colorado last August? Probably not. It was...
In the ongoing legal tussle between the world's most admired tech brand and the world's...
An Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) agent mistakenly left a gun in a restroom...
"We have taxpayer dollars being spent to convince taxpayers to spend more taxpayer...
Some government 'schemes' are perfectly legal - and that's the scandal. Other schemes...
Six obscure nonprofits funded almost entirely by federal taxpayers in an Environmental...
Probably not. It was big news at the time, with pictures of people kayaking in the...
Frank Mautino is off to a rocky start as Illinois auditor general. Not long after...
An Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) program spends hundreds of millions of tax...
Illinois has a corruption crisis. The people deserve an Auditor General that has...
WHAT ON GOD'S GREEN EARTH IS GOING ON AROUND HERE?
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While the debate continues over the militarization of local police, federal data...
Do the 'zoo police' under the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC really need...
As the U.S. engages in a national debate over the militarization of the police, federal...
It’s been more than five months since the Colorado Gold King Mine spill turned rivers...
Less than12 percent of the people voted in the last election in St. Clair County....
It's fast becoming the rallying cry for aggressive financial transparency across...
Forbes study uses OpenTheBooks data
With the College of DuPage (COD) shrouded in controversy of late, the Illinois' delegation...
"In the past 10 years, the EPA Office of Inspector General has not conducted any...
N.C. Alliance for Public Charter Schools advises members on avoiding a national request...
Open the Books is a nonpartisan, non-profit organization focused on providing transparency...
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officials gave $542 million to colleges and...
IT'S YOUR MONEY - PLEASE FORWARD THIS EMAIL "To compel a man to subsidize with...
Though President Barack Obama has said he created “the most transparent administration...
WASHINGTON: One nonprofit is criticizing the federal government’s use of external...
In a few days, the Observer will release the PR Power List, our annual ranking of...
“To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves...
"Federal agencies don't have a right to spend $4.34 billion of taxpayer money on...
The federal government has spent almost $4 billion on public relations services since...
The federal government for years has been using Americans’ tax dollars to pay for...
Spin, obfuscation, misinformation and opacity regarding the agencies expenditures...
In Illinois, and many states, it sometimes feels like if anything happens for the...
On Thanksgiving, there's Always a Reason to be Thankful - even if the reason is......
Few people realize just how massive and powerful the U.S. Environmental Protection...
Open the Books just released a comprehensive report on the EPA’s spending habits...
President Barack Obama’s Environmental Protection Agency has doled out nearly $25...
The State Department spent nearly $36.5 million polling the attitudes of citizens...
"I don't want to pay for this. Have the government pay for it." Anonymous
Would you spend money to find out what people in Spain think about their medical...
Congressmen Dave Brat (R-Va.) and Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) introduced yesterday H.R....
A newly released audit of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by the Illinois-based...
Environmental Protection Agency officials require contractors to sign secrecy pledges...
Environmental Protection Agency officials awarded nearly $2.7 million in contract...
The La Salle County Board this week granted a $2,500 raise for the head of a veterans...
Guns and ammunition up to 300MM, offensive/defensive Radiated Electromagnetic systems,...
There are a myriad of problems facing this nation that demand clear visions and solutions....
The federal government spending more than $1 million to arm the Environmental Protection...
In August, the EPA attempted to clean up the abandoned Gold King Mine in Colorado....
A new wrinkle pops up in the long, strange tale of the management of the Environmental...
If you want to find out how much a specific employee for the city of Ottawa makes,...
In today’s edition of The Heartland Daily Podcast, Adam Andrzejewski, founder of...
Why does the EPA need a a $715 million police force, $170 million PR Machine, a nearly...
Never under-estimate what a small group of commented citizens can do to bring reform!
La Salle County should look to McLean County's example for a way to save taxpayers'...
A congressional committee will investigate reports that the Environmental Protection...
Washington, DC - At a time when the National Debt is so obviously out of control,...
Washington Free Beacon reporter Liz Harrington appeared on Fox Business’s Varney...
Last night, Special Report with Bret Baier showcased our OpenTheBooks Oversight Report...
Fox Mulder and Dana Scully, the FBI agents on Fox’s The X-Files, have been known...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) spent over $15 million on outside public...
The Environmental Protection Agency has spent millions of dollars over the last decade...
Why Does the EPA Need Guns, Ammo, and Armor to Protect the Environment?
A new report on the Environmental Protection Agency’s use of taxpayer money found...
With the rise of supposed outsider candidates, pundits are calling the coming presidential...
In today's Wall Street Journal, U.S. Senator Dr. Tom Coburn (retired) recognizes...
Presidential hopefuls can’t flee from Washington nowadays. Truth be told, no political...
According to The Washington Times, the EPA has spent $ 94.2 million over the last...
The Environmental Protection Agency spent $92.4 million on purchasing, leasing, renting,...
The EPA spent $92.4 million on mostly upscale furniture purchases and now they're...
Open the Books is a nonpartisan, non-profit organization laser focused on providing...
According to The Washington Times, the EPA has spent $94.2 million over the last...
$92.4 Million Spent on Upscale Furniture at EPA
The federal agency that has the job of protecting the environment doesn’t seem to...
A couple of years ago, I wrote in this space about OpenTheBooks.com, then a fledgling...
Earlier this week we expanded our data collection efforts in Pennsylvania and here...
DuPage County State's Attorney Robert Berlin will take no action on an illegally...
Illinois’ high property tax is driving the American Dream underground. Citizens are...
Illinois’ second biggest reform effort – cleaning up College of DuPage – has quietly...
Cause of Action, a nonprofit, nonpartisan government accountability organization,...
"In a city - and nation - that's underwater, it just may be the 'first responder'...
It’s a great town when the lifeguards make up to $211,912 in compensation with multi-million...
Open The Books App - 1st for federal spending, federal salaries, and local and state...
"Fighting corruption is not just good governance. It's self-defense. It's patriotism." Joe...
Adam Andrzejewski told the crowd at the Effingham VFW Post Home Thursday night to...
A local watchdog group is questioning whether College of DuPage engaged in “pay-to-play”...
Vendors who donated tens of thousands of dollars to a group that lobbied for a massive...
"Veterans and observers note some improvement, but say troubled agency (VA) still...
On June 30th, the U.S. Export - Import Bank (Ex-Im) expired. Let's keep it this way.
Here’s our latest undercover video showing that after more than a year of significant...
The "Shouse" Movement - How Illinois' High Property Tax is Driving the American Dream...
In Illinois, government is driving the American Dream underground by forcing citizens...
In a report that is truly shocking, even by today’s standards of insider pillaging...
Should the federal Export - Import Bank (Ex-Im)be reauthorized? Congressional Deadline:...
The Export-Import Bank generates headlines because, after more than three-quarters...
It's a hot debate: should the federal Export - Import Bank be reauthorized? Congressional...
June has arrived, and with it, hopefully, the final days of the Export-Import Bank...
At an energy policy gathering in Washington, DC Tuesday put on by The Hill newspaper...
Congress should kill the Export-Import Bank, a taxpayer-financed slush fund for crooks,...
Open the Books has just released an excellent report exploring the Export-Import...
A new report that takes a deep dive into the Export-Import Bank’s transactions found...
How is bankrolling of dictators, subsidizing authoritarian regimes, propping up green...
State Finances: In the annals of catastrophic court decisions, the one reached late...
Adam Andrzejewski, Chairman of American Transparency and founder of the transparency...
In the electronic, big data age, the "Golden State" excuses to keep public expenditures...
U.S. Post Office beta-tests grocery delivery; ObamaCare required state-by-state health...
College of DuPage President Robert Breuder will go on "approved medical leave" beginning...
Faced with a sweeping federal investigation and constant criticism of his lavish...
College of DuPage trustees and senior administrators used a separate — and previously...
In a sign of intensifying scrutiny of the College of DuPage, federal prosecutors...
When most people hear the term small business, they think of a local hair salon or...
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Without receiving a single competitive bid, the College of DuPage has paid a member...
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There’s an old saying, “When the law’s an ass, somebody has to kick it.”
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A DuPage County judge ruled that the College of DuPage board must find a bigger room...
When College of DuPage trustees meet Wednesday to vote again on President Robert...
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A group of government watchdogs filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the College of DuPage's...
On the eve of a second vote on a controversial buyout package for College of DuPage...
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College of DuPage trustees are expected to take another vote Wednesday on a controversial...
College of DuPage Trustee Katharine Hamilton urged fellow board members to fire President...
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The College of DuPage board of trustees Thursday night approved a buyout package...
A Wisconsin golf course that has filled all of its membership openings for the past...
The College of DuPage continued to employ the engineer at its campus radio station...
The Small Business Administration (SBA) has been rather scandal-ridden since it’s...
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On May 29, 2013, Andrzejewski’s editorial was published in The Wall Street Journal,...
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Since May, our teams and allies have investigated the second largest college in Illinois-...
The Small Business Administration exists to help Americans “start, build, and grow”...
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Small Business Administration (SBA) Abuses Lending Programs
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"It's an incredible fleecing of taxpayers. We need to embarrass Congress into reining...
A new study claims that many of the loans given out by the Small Business Administration...
A federal program expanded by President Obama to help small businesses on Main Street...
For the first time, we quantify the SBA Loans Serving Wealthy Lifestyles.
We must fix the “broken windows” of Illinois corruption.
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IS A $1 BILLION PAYROLL Enough- to Safe Guard the Health of American Citizens?
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$95.1 million in hidden spending is exposed, while an Illinois junior college claimed...
College of DuPage officials said Wednesday that accusations the college concealed...
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Adam Andrzejewski, founder of OpentheBooks.com, the group that recently released...
A new report on school spending in Illinois reveals pension and salary-heavy budgets...
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At OpenTheBooks.com, today, we released our SNAPSHOT™ Spending Report for 928 IL...
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The president of the College of DuPage (COD) in Glen Ellyn, Ill., is trying to secure...
Wine Cellars, Shooting Clubs, a corrupted $20 million State Grant, a College President’s...
A careless email has cost one community college president $20 million, and potentially...
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It's time for criminal prosecutions. Step one: a Forensic Audit. It's deep, evidentiary,...
The Arizona Republic at least 10 times since March has asked local VA officials orally...
"It's becoming more and more clear. The problems at the VA can't be blamed on money....
It is becoming clear the problems at the department of Veterans Affairs cannot be...
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The Memphis Veteran Administration (VA) Medical Center approved over $1 million in...
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"A tiger never changes its stripes. Perhaps a whole new approach to providing veteran's...
The VA scandal is growing. It is not abating. Bonuses went to the worst hospitals....
The highest-paid Department of Veterans Affairs executives and doctors in Phoenix,...
Last week, VA secretary Eric Shinseki tried to bring closure to the scandal by firing...
Like many, I have been troubled by the reports coming out of Phoenix about our veterans...
The Veterans Affairs Department health care scandal has deepened in recent days,...
More than 12,000 Veterans Administration employees in several states have received...
The corrupt practice of Washington politicians spending tax dollars to help private...
a good government and transparency-minded watchdog organization — does exactly what...
The top executive for the Phoenix VA Health Care System has been directed to repay...
Forty plus veterans may have died waiting for care, and up to 1,600 veterans waited...
Embattled Phoenix VA Health Care System Director Sharon Helman's nearly $9,400 bonus...
After embattled VA Undersecretary for Health, Dr. Robert Petzel announced his resignation/retirement,...
With 2.5 million federal salary records online, OpenTheBooks.com has provided needed...
Forty plus veterans may have died waiting for care, and up to 1,400 veterans waited...
Salary data at OpenTheBooks.com shows clear evidence that the bureaucracy served...
Employees at the embattled Phoenix office of the Department of Veterans Affairs have...
Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the Twenty-First Century moved the policy conversation...
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Okay, this is from an article by Stephen Moore - our friend from the Heritage Institute...
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