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De Blasio, Lightfoot, Breed are among the beneficiaries of the taxpayer-funded security...
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...
Police protection hypocrisy.
It's up to you to hold them accountable.
Defund for thee, but not for me.
Everyday, we highlight one quick, blood-boiling example of how our government is...
Why did democratic mayors defund their police, and then spend millions of taxpayer...
In 25 major U.S. cities across the country, officials have proposed cutting — or...
Why does protection for the people matter less?
Democratic Mayors defunded their police, while spending millions on their own police...
Critics ask, "Why does protection for the people matter less?"
Search salaries, pensions and checkbooks at OpenTheBooks.com. This tutorial will...
If the White House payroll is a leading indicator of the president’s commitment to...
We took a deep dive into President Biden's 2021 White House Payroll.
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...
Andrzejewski gives examples of wasteful government spending and "filthy rich" communities...
Did Anthony Fauci blur the lines between propaganda, public affairs, and publicity?
American Greed's 6/14 episode on the crimes & conviction of disgraced congressman...
The Depth of the Swamp and what you can do about it.
How much government money is incorrectly doled out?
Foster Friess was a good friend; OpenTheBooks board advisor; and will be missed by...
Should taxpayers foot the bill for mood lighting in National Parks?
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.
We mapped each earmark by congressional district.
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 U.S. House of Representatives just passed H.R. 1, which adds a new paid holiday...
Illinois Public Employee Salaries & Pensions $100,000+ (2019-2020)
The American people want to know how corrupt their government is… at ALL levels!
The only green in the green energy bill might be the taxpayer money down the drain.
Congress needs to #ReadTheBill!
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"...
Everyone’s getting rich and the kids aren’t learning!
Being a lifeguard in California can be unbelievably lucrative!
Only 2 of the top 20 earners were women!
Life’s a beach for these California lifeguards.
President Biden has announced an enormous jobs and infrastructure package.
Earmarks are the fiscal equivalent to swine flu, and unfortunately, they're back.
The most recent bill will provide just under $200 billion in state and local government...
The Dem. majority in the U.S. House of Reps. will allow up to $13B in earmarks on...
Lawmakers are criticizing $350 billion in the COVID relief bill.
How much money is really going toward COVID relief?
Many wealthy, influential, and politically networked people received first round...
Bureaucrats are paid to stay home if their child is out of school.
The wasteful spending in the $1.9 trillion coronavirus stimulus bill is discussed.
Everyone’s getting rich and the kids aren’t learning.
Is there wasteful spending in the $1.9 trillion stimulus bill?
Let the good times roll, until the debt comes crashing down.
Air date: March 4, 2021
This week, the U.S. House passed, along party lines, the $1.9 trillion American Rescue...
We mapped the states, cities, and localities that received money from the $350 billion...
Adam Andrzejewski joins the discussion on unemployment fraud.
Trump is the first president since John F. Kennedy to donate his salary.
Is President Joe Biden’s proposed $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill a critical lifeline...
Over the weekend, the U.S. House posted a first draft version of the $1.9 trillion...
Buried on page 305 of the $1.9 Trillion “American Rescue Plan Act of 2021” is a provision...
Aired on roughly 200 ABC, NBC, CBS, and FOX affiliates of the Sinclair network across...
Critics are calling it the "bailout for bureaucrats."
The U.S. House version of the “American Rescue Plan Act of 2021” has an extra perk...
The USPS boasts a massive budget as well as massive losses, and the problem goes...
In 2020, Chicago had 20,927 full-time teachers at a total payroll cost of $2.3 billion.
Nationwide Public Salaries and Pensions Over $100K (2019)
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), a quasi-public federal agency, paid their new...
Adam Andrzejewski joins Rob Schilling to discuss the militarization of the U.S. executive...
Some members of Congress have tried to introduce term limits to no avail.
Dr. Fauci is not only the highest paid doctor in the federal government, but the...
Q&A for FOIA
When you bill an insurance company $2,715 for a COVID-19 test you probably don’t...
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. disclosed...
According to auditors at OpentheBooks, 20,000 city employees across all departments...
If elected Members of Congress, the press, and the people, don’t have time to read...
New data shows that the federal government has become one never-ending gun show.
In the last 20 years, our country’s national debt has exploded.
Dr. Anthony Fauci made $417,608 in 2019, the latest year for which federal salaries...
Fauci pulled in $417,608.00 in 2019—his largest haul ever.
The #1 most highly compensated federal employee is Dr. Anthony Fauci! How is it possible...
After grabbing legal power, federal bureaucrats are amassing firepower.
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...
Dead people received $871.9 million in mistaken payments.
Whenever we open the books, Los Angeles consistently ranks among the worst tax and...
Dominion Voting Systems was paid $118.3 million to provide election services during...
OpenTheBooks CEO/Founder Adam Andrzejewski joined Bill Cameron on Connected to Chicago...
Dominion Voting Systems is the 2nd largest vendor in the non-transparent and entrenched...
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.
We found that the 50 richest places in the country would get $350 million in bailouts...
Tax records show more than a dozen of the loan recipients owed a combined $21,000...
We mapped $400 billion in HEROES Act monies that are allocated to 39,000 local governments.
Should the American taxpayers from lower-income areas be subsidizing the lifestyles...
OpenTheBooks CEO/Founder Adam Andrzejewski joins Stu Burguiere on Blaze TV to discuss...
Governor Andrew Cuomo has embraced the highly unethical practice of soliciting campaign...
Gov. Cuomo received campaign funds from the hospital organizations that lobbied for...
2014-2019
Just how much federal waste, duplication and weird or unnecessary spending are your...
Los Angeles is in trouble, and tourists should be advised to avoid some neighborhoods...
Just how much federal waste, duplication, and weird or unnecessary spending are your...
City of LA Homeless Encampments
Mayor Bill de Blasio is aggressively pushing for a $12.4 billion federal bailout.
Local law enforcement agencies have since 1993 received billions of dollars’ worth...
Approximately 8,200 federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies from 49 states...
San Francisco is in trouble! Whenever we open the books, San Francisco consistently...
Our recent Use-It-Or-Lose-It oversight report details late fiscal year federal spending...
Taxpayers of America, you may soon be funding a $500 billion bailout of the 50 states,...
Adam Andrzejewski and special guest Peter Schweiser discuss corruption in the U.S....
Christmas comes in September, not December, for federal contractors.
In 2019, the city manager in Laredo, Texas, made $880,486. It doubled the earnings...
The U.S. taxpayer pours billions into Portland, Seattle, San Francisco, New York,...
"Transparency is great, but where's the impact?"
Everything is bigger in Texas—including the supersized salaries of its city managers,...
On July 16, 2020, OpenTheBooks CEO/Founder spoke at Health Tech Austin's Healthcare...
The SBA released data on which businesses received forgivable loans under the Paycheck...
SBA Paycheck Protection Program Loans ($1-$10 Million)
SBA Paycheck Protection Program Loans Over $1M
The Trump administration released its annual report to Congress on the White House...
Retirement perks include a lifetime pension and a taxpayer-matched savings plan with...
New data released by the Small Business Administration shows taxpayers gave more...
We dug into Seattle’s pay and pension records for 2019 to figure out how the city...
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) is introducing legislation requiring all senators and representatives...
Florida Restaurant Inspections May 2020
Nation Wide Federal Grants for 2019
Open The Books CEO/Founder Adam Andrzejewski hosts an event where he discussed Open...
Local politicians in Washington, D.C. claim a $1.5 billion budget deficit due to...
WASHINGTON (SBG) — They may not enjoy an overall high approval rating, but for members...
In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, a record 44 million Americans lost their...
Once elected to Congress, members are in a rare and exclusive club.
Serving in Congress is a privilege. In the history of our nation, only 10,363 House...
New York's financial woes aren’t stopping 290,304 government employees from bringing...
The wildest rodeo in Cheyenne this year looks like it’ll be the transparency battle...
Recently, Gov. Gavin Newsom asked U.S. taxpayers for a bailout.
Illinois could soon be the first state in history to have its bonds rated as “junk.”
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...
We found 5,137 colleges and universities that were awarded $12.5 billion in coronavirus...
Open the Books released its congressional oversight report on Friday, which details...
Mapping the California $100k+ Club.
Mapping the NY $100k+ Club.
Texas Public Employee Salaries $100,000+ (2018-2019)
Struggling hospitals and those hardest hit by COVID-19 should get more federal funding...
State-by-state map of the CARES Act allocation of $12.5B to higher education institutions.
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...
Open The Books CEO Adam Andrzejewski explains that Illinois' pension situation is...
Illinois Public Employee Salaries & Pensions $100,000+ (2018-2019)
Steve Cortes of Fox & Friends discusses our Open The Books findings on Illinois'...
Reps. AOC, Jerrold Nadler, and 8 other NY members of Congress argued that “museums...
Deliberately closing down the economy, which has never been done before, has created...
President Trump legitimized critics who allege that the agency shielded information...
Adam Andrzejewski discusses how taxpayer dollars are used in the World Health Organization.
Sen. Kennedy on Democrats accused of adding unrelated spending provisions to $2.2T...
Last Saturday, America lost a true giant and one of the great men in our nation’s...
Open The Books Honorary Chairman Sen. Tom Coburn passed away on March 27, 2020.
Last night, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed a $2 trillion “Phase III” emergency...
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...
It was a three year fight to open the books on the entire payroll of the Wyoming...
With the stock market in correction, public health alerts, travel restrictions, and...
The CDC, which is America's main line of defense against infectious diseases seem...
Adam Andrzejewski, CEO & Founder of OpenTheBooks.com, addresses the Hillsdale College...
The following is adapted from a talk delivered on February 20, 2020, at the Hillsdale...
For the first time in American history, President Trump is including a bold and detailed...
The blueprint for President Donald Trump’s future priorities is now official with...
In 2017, Speaker Pelosi famously cajoled House Republicans to produce a budget, warning...
President Trump sent Congress a $4.8 trillion budget request for fiscal 2021.
For the first time, there are more residents of the nation’s capital who make at...
President Donald Trump is taking action to declare war on waste. We reviewed an advance...
The Trump administration’s budget for fiscal year 2021 will take steps to curb what...
Mohammed Nuru was arrested and charged by the FBI on allegations of bribery, wire...
Unfortunately, last fall, California State Controller Betty Yee (pictured) rejected...
We have sued the state of California for refusing to release its state checkbook...
State auditor blasts Fi$Cal system, which critics say cannot even produce a simple...
California’s state government has yet to provide the group with any details about...
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...
Corrupt members of Congress deserve time in prison, not taxpayer-funded federal pensions....
Consensus and bipartisanship are rare in Washington, D.C. – except when it comes...
The Golden State threatens accountability and transparency.
Nationwide Public Salaries and Pensions Over $95K (2017)
As commander in chief, President Donald Trump can lead the ‘War on Waste.' Sign our...
Open The Books prime time interview with Tucker Carlson on Fox News discussing our...
How is 97 percent of Congress able to get re-elected each year even though only 17...
Adam Andrzejewski discusses OpenTheBooks Oversight Report "The Congressional Favor...
A Study Of Federal Grants, Campaign Cash, Investments, Employment, Power & Influence...
Democratic presidential primary candidates are spending a lot of time talking about...
WASHINGTON — Rep. Chris Collins will likely get to keep his congressional pension...
The largest federal agencies just completed a billion-dollar, year-end spending binge...
WASHINGTON—During the biggest federal spending week of the Fiscal Year, U.S. Senator...
Sen. Joni Ernst (IA) credits OpenTheBooks for findings on irresponsible fiscal-year-end...
Federal agencies have shelled out tens of millions of dollars on cars, movie cameras...
We are uncovering how some federal agencies are spending your money.
Draining the Swamp.
It’s no secret that football and basketball coaches at public universities command...
Our auditors found that millions of dollars in taxpayer subsidized loans meant for...
Following the tragedy of the Parkland shooting, Superintendent Runcie took up legislative...
Latest oversight of the SBA reveals misaligned priorities, with hundreds of millions...
Adam Andrzejewski talked about a new report on America’s debt and spending habits.
Lending Practices FY2014-FY2018
A study of Federal Grants, Campaign Cash, Investments, Employment, Power & Influence.
We found the city drowning in taxpayer dollars.
On a horrific Valentine’s Day in 2018, 17 students and staffers were killed and 17...
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.
The top 82 non-profit hospitals grew their combined net assets by nearly 24% last...
“Both parties are engaged in a war on math that math will eventually win,” said Adam...
This year, not only did the president add employees, but his total payroll increased...
We're launching our latest oversight report - "Top 82 U.S. Non-Profit Hospitals:...
We banded the salaries of the top healthcare executives in our recent oversight report.
The rising cost of healthcare is undermining the American Dream.
Our oversight report "Top 82 U.S. Non-Profit U.S. Hospitals: Quantifying Government...
OpenTheBooks.com | American Transparency
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...
New York City 311 Rat Sightings (2018-2019)
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio declared war on rats in 2017. His clarion call...
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert: Segment based on our co-investigation of the...
Gentrifying neighborhoods are a key reason behind the vermin outbreak, which extends...
City of Baltimore 311 Calls Rats and Illegal Dumping Requests (2019)
Fortune 100 companies are successful because they care about return on investment...
OpenTheBooks has issued a new report, detailing billions of dollars spent by Fortune...
The federal government is reportedly spending billions to fund a number of Fortune...
Adam Andrzejewski discusses our latest oversight report "Federal Funding 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...
At a Cabinet meeting last October, President Trump instructed the heads of every...
We've mapped every reported case of hypodermic needles found on the city streets...
Today, the City of San Francisco is in trouble.
Once a great city of America, San Francisco is facing a dramatic rise in sanitary...
Today, San Francisco hosts an estimated homeless population of 7,500 people.
Why are student loan debts exceeding our nation's credit card debt?
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...
San Francisco Human Waste Reportings (2011-2019)
SBA Loans $1,000,000+ (2014-2018)
Adam Andrzejewski discusses our latest oversight report "The U.S. Department of Education"...
The recent cheating scandal in which wealthy and well-connected parents paid hundreds...
From seminaries to beauty schools, taxpayers are financing the schooling of millions...
The seething anger that Americans feel over the college admissions scandal with wealthy...
Since 2004, twenty large federal agencies admit paying out an astonishing $1.2 trillion...
Government transparency advocate Adam Andrzejewski said in an interview that aired...
We are urging the president to wage a nonpartisan war on waste.
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.
OpenTheBooks.com founder Adam Andrzejewski talked about a new report on America’s...
In an annual spree to spend money during the last month of the fiscal year, the federal...
Chowing down on $4.6 million worth of lobster tail and crab in the final month of...
The federal government found a way to spend $97 billion in a single month last year,...
Federal agencies scramble to spend what’s left in their budgets, in fear that leaving...
Against the backdrop of a record-breaking $22 trillion in national debt, the revelation...
For federal agencies, Christmas comes in September. In the final month of the fiscal...
The Epoch Times sits down with Adam to talk about how his work brought about more...
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.
In the final month of fiscal year 2018, the federal government spent $97 billion...
Wyoming State Checkbooks (2013-2018)
When newly elected Wyoming State Auditor Kristi Racines produced six full years of...
Why does the IRS need five million rounds of ammunition? Why did Health and Human...
Wyoming's state auditor has provided all state spending records that two government...
New State Auditor Kristi Racines Embraces The Transparency Revolution: American Transparency...
The War on Waste is an initiative of OpenTheBooks (a project of American Transparency)...
With the race for 2020 heating up, what issues mean the most for Americans? We believe...
OpenTheBooks Oversight Study: Both parties have adopted a mantra of protecting federal...
OpenTheBooks Oversight Study: Federal employees are back on the job after the government...
More than 130 of the country's leaders join us in urging the president to make the...
Wyoming’s state auditor is failing to provide records of payments to state vendors...
Wyoming has consistently scored low in transparency. Now the books are finally being...
OpenTheBooks Oversight Study: Who are the most highly compensated public employees...
The NCAA College Football National Championship semifinal games will soon kick off.
OpenTheBooks Oversight Study: The NCAA College Football National Championship semifinal...
OpenTheBooks Oversight Study: These city plumbers are flush with overtime cash. Of...
The newest members of the New York City millionaire class aren’t television stars,...
For the first time in history, 19 million public employee salaries at every level...
Newly captured data posted by our auditors at OpenTheBooks.com shows 14,820 city...
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...
America’s pending pension disasters.
Recently, Fox affiliate Channel 32 and Open the Books detailed the exorbitant pay...
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...
What should be the arts policy of the new administration headed by the incoming Democratic...
CHEYENNE – Wyoming has a reputation for its lack of government transparency.
Oregon Governor Kate Brown has quietly solicited millions of dollars in campaign...
President Donald Trump last year announced a “war on waste” in the federal government....
Let us introduce you to the Illinois $100,000 Club that cost taxpayers $12 billion....
"Eliminating waste takes an extraordinary force of will. Targeting agencies demonstrates...
Recently, President Donald Trump declared war on federal waste. The president pledged...
"We're going to cut spending, absolutely. It's not as tough as you think, there's...
We mapped the exclusive club of 30,000 Illinois educators with either salaries or...
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...
Controversy surrounds highest paid Illinois school superintendent before his retirement...
"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...
America needs a War on Waste. As seen in the Wall Street Journal, we've outlined...
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...
In a few weeks, members of Congress will face voters who ought to be in a better...
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...
Is it legal in Oregon to use public funds for a political purpose? Not according...
"By campaigning under the guise of 'official' business, Governor Kate Brown is keeping...
According to Oregon law, public funds cannot be used for a political purpose. Yet,...
A movie star is more likely than a cowboy to stroll down Beverly Hills’ famed Rodeo...
Republicans need to regain the offensive on the fiscal issues. The GOP has somehow...
President Donald Trump announced he’s not granting the usual 2.1 percent pay hike...
Senators Seek Answers from High-Spending Federal Agencies on ‘Use It or Lose It’...
Adam Andrzejewski (pronounced Angie-eff-ski) just can't resist playing the role of...
You’d think putting together a new farm bill would be fairly easy. After all, Congress...
"We appreciate the scrutiny the [Forbes] article brought to us and caused us to look...
During calendar year 2017, the second largest school district in Wyoming, the Natrona...
Wyoming School District, Natrona County SD in Casper, Spends $10 Million on Credit...
Funding federal pensions are a problem for taxpayers.
Federal Farm Subsidies, Benefits, Loans $1M+ (2008-2017)
Farm Subsidies, Benefits, Loans $100k+ (2017)
In fiscal year 2017, the federal government doled out $13.2 billion in farm subsidies...
Who received $1 million+ in federal farm subsidies in your ZIP code?
During the Great Depression, farm subsidies were created to keep the family farm...
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...
Hundreds of Chicagoans are cashing in on federal farm subsidy programs originally...
"Today, farm subsidies have grown so lucrative that wealthy investors, large corporations,...
This summer, the U.S. House and Senate each passed respective versions of a new farm...
"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...
Our auditors at OpenTheBooks.com found 7,327 Texas public school administrators,...
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),...
Texas Educator Salaries $100K+ (2017)
"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...
While the nation was distracted by the political theater around immigration before...
Over $20 million in taxpayer funds could be saved at the end of President Donald...
"Trump’s White House payroll has been a leading indicator of his commitment to 'do...
President Trump’s White House payroll has 374 employees, that's 95 fewer staffers...
You can't educate children in the classroom when you're funding an expensive education...
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...
On February 18, 2018, State Auditor Cynthia Cloud made us refile our open records...
City dwellers, wealthy celebrities, and the deceased all cash in on ag subsidies.
In Illinois, the pension palace is one part of the housing bubble that never burst....
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...
I have read with interest and reflection the opinion pieces and other letters to...
A killer whale sightseeing expedition in Canada; hundreds of expensive car washes;...
"Oregon Governor Kate Brown used public funds for a private purpose during her time...
The governor is flaunting Oregon open records laws and blurring the line between...
"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 ever-rising federal debt just surpassed $21 trillion last month – at least $65,000...
Adam Andrzejewski at the City Club of Chicago
As a self-appointed fiscal watchdog who keeps track of how the government spends...
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 no question – there’s something wrong with Illinois higher education. While...
Our Illinois investigation revealed 63,000 six-figure public employees costing taxpayers...
As politicians point fingers, it’s important to ask how they're doing with their...
It’s Equal Pay Day – an opportunity for activists to raise awareness about the perceived...
WSJ Letter to the Editor - April 5, 2018
Every time there’s a threat of a government shutdown, a threat once rare but now...
Think about that. On average each of the largest 100 companies in the world receives...
Federal Employee Salaries and Bonuses (2017)
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...
President Trump wants to make the federal bureaucracy a meritocracy. He has proposed...
Republican leadership is going to fund sanctuary cities in the must-pass spending...
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.
It’s national Sunshine Week across America, sponsored by the American Society of...
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...
The government is keeping the salary information of more than 250,000 employees secret,...
Why is the U.S. government withholding salary information on nearly 255,000 employees...
Adam Andrzejewski explains why WY State Auditor Cynthia Cloud rejected our request...
What's the Matter with Federal Salary Redactions?
"The administrative state was designed to resist reform. Without a constant effort,...
The only thing the bureaucratic resistance hates more than President Trump is the...
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...
Forget about our near-trillion-dollar annual budget deficits and our $20 trillion...
It took the Oregon Government Ethics Commission roughly 24 hours to vet and reject...
Has Oregon Gov. Kate Brown filed false lobbying disclosure reports for the past seven...
"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
On January 21, 2018, OpenTheBooks CEO Adam Andrzjewski spoke with a gathering of...
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...
OpenTheBooks CEO Adam Andrzejewski on Fox & Friends to discuss our oversight report...
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...
Every taxpayer in America can search the $136 billion federal payroll by zip code. When...
OpenTheBooks.com CEO and Founder Adam Andrzejewski on After The Bell with David Asman...
“It’s hard, when you’re up to your armpits in alligators, to remember you came here...
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,...
Mapping the Swamp, A Study of the Administrative State
The folks at Open The Books decided to take a deep dive into the salaries of 1.97...
Bureaucracy: President Trump's reigning metaphor of "draining the swamp" is very...
Adam Andrzejewski on the Laura Ingraham Show
Paying our federal workforce costs taxpayers $1.1M per minute, according to Open...
"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...
A Study of the Administrative State (FY2016)
What do you do if you wind up with a little extra money in your household budget...
"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.
Our non-partisan, nonprofit organization at OpenTheBooks.com recently filed open...
"The taxpayer gravy train needs to end. Congressional attention on the Ivy League...
Who knew? The Ivy League gamed-the-system for $42 billion in U.S. taxpayer funded...
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...
Often times, politicians talk about a “war on women” in an effort to score political...
"When it comes to the 'war on women,' many politicians are hypocrites!"
When it comes to the “war on women,” many politicians are hypocrites.
Adam Andrzejewski, the CEO & Founder of OpenTheBooks.com, presents the lunch lecture...
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.
America’s elite private colleges would rather talk about anything other than their...
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...
Taxpayer watchdog Adam Andrzejewski's ride on a tidal wave of tax money continues...
We hear about the gender gap in private companies all the time, but our report shows...
We released a study of highly compensated public employees that reveals a disparity...
It’s still a man’s world in New York City government when it comes to getting paid...
Gender Study of Highly Compensated Public Employees.
We found that top-paid men outnumbered women two to one at the federal level.
Salaries for 123 executive agencies of the federal government.
New York City Employees Retirement System
Alabama State Checkbook
Alaska State Checkbook
Salaries for the White House
Arizona State Checkbook
Salaries for the United States Postal Service
Chicago Teachers' Pension Fund
Arkansas State Checkbook
After grabbing legal power, the feds are amassing firepower.
Updated figures on guns and ammunition purchased by the Internal Revenue Service,...
City of Detroit
California State Checkbook
San Francisco City and County Employees Retirement System
Colorado State Checkbook
Salaries for the Supreme Court of the United States
Los Angeles County Schools
Connecticut State Checkbook
Salaries for the United States House of Representatives
Delaware State Checkbook
Salaries for the United States Senate
The inmates are running the asylum.
New York City Board of Education Retirement System
Salaries for the Top 10 Cities
San Diego County Schools
Salaries for the Top 100 Cities
Los Angeles City Employees' Retirement System
Salaries for the Top 500 Cities
Salaries for New York City
Detroit Public Schools
Overtime pay more than doubled the number of city employees earning six figures last...
United Federation of Teachers chief Mike Mulgrew reportedly is crowing that almost...
Salaries for the City of Los Angeles
25% of muni workers hit $100G pay jackpot.
They say if you can make it in New York City, you can make it anywhere. But for government...
“New York City can be a hub of opportunity, and not just for aspiring Broadway stars.
Salaries for the City of Chicago, IL
Salaries for the City of Houston
Municipal Employees' and Benefit Fund of Chicago
Florida State Checkbook
Salaries for the City of Phoenix
Teacher's Retirement System of the City of New York
Salaries for the City of Philadelphia
Salaries for the City of San Antonio
Los Angeles Unified School District
Salaries for the City of San Diego
State of California
Salaries for the City of Dallas
Salaries for the City of San Jose
The end of the fiscal year just doesn't look like one big party. It is one big party.
The end of the fiscal year doesn't just look like one big party – it is one big party....
Georgia State Checkbook
Hawaii State Checkbook
Idaho State Checkbook
Illinois State Checkbook
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...
OpenTheBooks CEO & Founder on C-SPAN Q&A with Brian Lamb. Segment aired on September...
Brian Lamb's questions dig into our OpenTheBooks' mission, vision, data capture and...
Indiana State Checkbook
Weapons typically reserved for war-time use will start flowing to local law enforcement...
Weapons typically reserved for war-time use – tracked armored (tank-like) vehicles,...
Iowa State Checkbook
Kansas State Checkbook
Kentucky State Checkbook
The Illinois Arts Council Agency (IACA) has mastered a new craft: How to hand out...
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.
OpenTheBooks CEO Adam Andrzejewski explains how Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has mismanaged...
Louisiana State Checkbook
While Chicago endures murders and flirts with insolvency, Mayor Rahm Emanuel builds...
Maine State Checkbook
A list of Alabama State Employees salaries by year, age