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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...
CEO of Open The Books, Adam Andrzejewski joins OAN’s Alicia Summers to discuss our...
OpenTheBooks CEO/Founder Adam Andrzejewski joined Laura Ingraham to discuss the horrific...
Yesterday, Hollywood star Russell Brand posted our 20-minute podcast interview on...
This week, we'll kick off our deep dive into the Baltimore nonprofits profiting from...
The Representation Project pulls in revenue from public schools while pushing a far-left...
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,...
Starting in 2022, we partnered with OpenTheBooks.com on a Transparency Tracker segment...
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...
Southwest Airlines stranded tens of thousands of passengers around the country on...
John Bachman show highlights our OpenTheBooks investigation on how Southwest Airlines...
OpenTheBooks CEO/Founder Adam Andrzejewski and his family were just a few on the...
More than 5,000 Southwest Airlines flights across the United States have been cancelled...
Our investigation into the $1.7 billion omnibus bill.
In these hyper-partisan times, Democrats and Republicans found common ground – using...
Southwest stole Christmas for tens of thousands of its passengers.
A deep dive inside the $1.7 trillion federal spending bill.
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—...
7500 earmarks for $16 billion are included in the latest year-end omnibus spending...
The Nevada democratic congressional delegation requested $173 million in earmarks...
A new investigation from government spending watchdog OpenTheBooks has revealed the...
Everyday, we highlight one quick, blood-boiling example of taxpayer abuse at 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...
The Mayor of Baltimore vetoed a fast-tracked measure from the city council this week....
The big firms got bigger and you paid for it during the Covid pandemic!
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.
More than 160 Chinese-born scientists who conducted U.S. taxpayer-funded military...
Paycheck Protection Program - Forgiven Loans
OpenTheBooks.com founder Adam Andrzejewski unpacks a watchdog report that says $20...
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...
Unfortunately, many businesses have abused the PPP, and many of these loans have...
More than 600 businesses in Seattle received Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) forgiveness...
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...
Illinois Public Employee Salaries & Pensions $100,000+ (2020-2021)
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...
$800 BILLION in taxpayer money was used to help save the economy during the pandemic,...
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....
3,569 City Employees With $100,000+ Paychecks
While millions of Americans suffered under his pandemic policies, Fauci's personal...
The documents contain a wealth of previously unknown information. For example, the...
Waste, Fraud, Corruption And Taxpayer Abuse -- Government's War On Transparency....
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...
The fight continues! Sen. Rand Paul (R) grilled Dr. Fauci on those hidden NIH royalty...
Sean Hannity properly cited our oversight report, The Militarization of the Federal...
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...
An investigation into LA county's public employees uncovered a massive mileage misuse...
Independent transparency non-profit Open the Books has dived deep into California’s...
LEGAL PAY-TO-PLAY: California Governor Gavin Newsom has quietly solicited millions...
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...
We accomplished what the governor, controller, attorney general, lawmakers, a Superior...
The books are finally open in the Golden State!
Gavin Newsom's Campaign Donations
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?
California's books are FINALLY open. We kept our promise to force open the books...
Is the spending in the public interest, or the special interest?
In episode 219 of Glenn TV, Glenn Beck discusses our OpenTheBooks oversight report...
Dr. Fauci announces his retirement. Was he forced out from the inside?
"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...
Why Does Your IRS Auditor Need a Machine Gun?
The Export-Import Bank.
Republican lawmakers want to stop the agency from purchasing more.
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs spent $2.3 million on unused data plans and...
Our auditors at OpenTheBooks.com looked into how EX-IM executives and politicians...
We found that there were 700 Baltimore school employees that were paid to stay home...
The city of Nashville paid more than 9,000 employees $28 million in overtime in 2021!...
Jesse Watters reports on our OpenTheBooks investigation that highlights Dr. Fauci's...
California Gov. Gavin News plans to send billions in gas checks without lowering...
During President Joe Biden’s first two-years, he spent $100.7 million on the largest...
It’s the largest federal retirement package in history. An unprecedented golden parachute...
Adam Andrzejewski details our Where's The Pork? oversight report on C-SPAN's Washington...
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...
Congressional Third Party Paid Travel: Between 2017 and 2021, more than 500 Congress...
Thousands of Paid-For Congressional Trips, Millions of Dollars in Federal Grants,...
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...
Just how much federal pork and waste are your tax dollars funding?
President Biden's bloated White House is the most expensive since 1995! In 2021,...
220 staffers left what used to be the most expensive White House payroll in American...
President Joe Biden’s Office of the White House spending in his first year tops...
The Office of the Vice President, or OVP, isn’t subject to FOIA because, it argues,...
Recently, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) pressed Dr. Anthony Fauci for details of hidden...
The trillions of dollars spent on COVID-19 "bailouts" will be a subject of controversy...
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...
Sen. Rand Paul grills Dr. Fauci, asking if he has ever received royalty payments...
A group of five senators in Washington, D.C. are demanding answers after our investigation...
OpenTheBooks put Baywatch on Pay Watch after our investigation that revealed just...
Launched on FOX45 (WBFF) Baltimore, our organization at OpenTheBooks.com found that...
House of Representatives staff and Capitol Police officers can receive free Peloton...
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...
The most frequently paid scientist, Robert C. Gallo, received 316 payments between...
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.
Lifeguards in Los Angeles county made more than $500K in 2021. The highest-paid lifeguard...
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 received $60 million In taxpayer funding over the last eight years.
The Highway Trust Fund has projected an annual $18 BILLION loss the over the next...
The WEF soaked up $60 million In taxpayer funding over the last eight years.
Adam Andrzejewski discusses our investigation on Davos, a conference hosted by the...
The city of Baltimore seems to be altering their numbers across the board... Millions...
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.
Russell Brand gives an in-depth analysis of our findings on Anthony Fauci and NIH...
Big Pharma is SECRETLY sending hundreds of millions of dollars to NIH scientists,...
It shouldn't have taken a federal lawsuit and subpoenas to force NIH into production...
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...
The National Institutes of Health — Anthony Fauci's employer — admits to holding...
uncovered approximately $350 million in royalty payments to the National Institutes...
An Analysis By Victor Davis Hanson.
California's public school districts are paying an education consultant $5,000 an...
The City of Baltimore has collected between $51 million and $62 million in fines...
City agencies produced numbers that are wildly apart – differing by $11 million in...
Hospitals have been ignoring Former President Trump's price transparency rule, and...
Can't we all agree that college students should be real?
college students should be real! Right?
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...
Megyn Kelly is joined by Adam Andrzejewski to discuss the efforts to block transparency...
How can Dr. Fauci out-earn everybody at the federal level?
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...
OpenTheBooks CEO Adam Andrzejewski's termination occurred after posting 'too many...
OpenTheBooks CEO/Founder Adam Andrzejewski discusses how fact-finding the salary...
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...
Do we have a representative republic if our representatives don't even have the time...
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...
While it’s unclear whether a program designed to curb violence in Baltimore is working,...
President Joe Biden signed a $1.5 trillion spending bill last week that passed in...
Dr. Anthony Fauci is the most highly compensated federal employee making $456,028...
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.
Is it time for Fauci to retire?
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....
OpenTheBooks CEO/Founder Adam Andrzejewski was let go from Forbes after 8 years and...
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...
On January 14th, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra declared...
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...
Newfound information on Dr. Fauci's household net worth, investments, and much more.
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...
Why are any college students today in a remote learning environment?
Learning for thousands of students is still remote due to COVID-19.
Westfield, New Jersey, spent COVID-19 aid on 2,000 promotional tote bags that sat...
Did Dr. Fauci profit off the pandemic?
Fauci's financial disclosures aren't listed in the same searchable database as many...
A California Superintendent was paid over $160,000, even though he wasn't even living...
Dr. Anthony Fauci insists that his financial records are available to the public....
In a hearing on Capitol Hill Tuesday, Dr. Anthony Fauci’s finances came into question.
Thanks to your support, 2021 was a fantastic year for OpenTheBooks' mission and impact....
$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...
OpenTheBooks CEO/Founder Adam Andrzejewski discusses Dr. Fauci's big retirement package....
"Protection for me, but NOT for thee!"
OpenTheBooks.com CEO/Founder Adam Andrzejewski describes Dr. Fauci's retirement package...
OpenTheBooks CEO/Founder Adam Andrzejewski discusses our breaking investigation on...
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....
NTD spoke with Adam Andrzejewski, who discussed our numerous investigations from...
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,...
We can't make America great again until we make America accountable again.
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.
Adam Andrzejewski discusses our lawsuit for Dr. Anthony Fauci's financial disclosures.
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.
Panorama Education is under massive scrutiny...
Conflict of interest: 131 judges violated the law by hearing cases involving companies...
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.
Our deep dive into our findings on how the Biden Administration handled the crisis...
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...
The swamp is even deeper!
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.
A Study of the Administrative State (FY2020).
The unemployment system is rife with fraud.
Trillions of dollars have been spent on covid aid, but trillions more are not getting...
Only $2 million out of $316 million has actually been distributed.
Why didn't the U.S. pull all military equipment before leaving Afghanistan?
In 2016 California legalized recreational marijuana, but the move may be costing...
The Biden Administration has erased Afghan weapons reports from federal websites.
The state controller says she can't "locate" a single one of the 50 million payments...
How and where the US spent $282.6 billion (FY 2013-2018)
Everything that hasn’t been destroyed is the Taliban’s now.
The War in Afghanistan has always been a black box, but the Biden administration...
Over the past ten days, Afghanistan has become a Taliban terrorist gun show.
We have literally provided the Taliban with an Air Force!
This is the the latest example of how the insurgents are flaunting their newly acquired...
We've found that a lot of US military equipment has been left behind in Afghanistan.
The Biden Administration is hiding previously published audit reports quantifying...
The U.S. war chest of military gear left behind for the bad guys is unprecedented.
How much U.S. military equipment does the Taliban now control?
The U.S. taxpayer was very generous with the Afghan people.
Afghanistan topped the list of 170 counties receiving U.S. foreign aid. In FY2018...
Taxpayers may be on the hook for $42.5 BILLION for government-owned internet, thanks...
How did everything the U.S. built collapse so quickly?
Laura Ingraham discusses our findings on how taxpayer dollars were used for aid to...
Renovations at the United Nations building in Manhattan cost nearly a billion dollars...
Hypocrisy or Necessity?
OpenTheBooks CEO Adam Andrzejewski discusses our latest oversight report on Foreign...
Democrat mayors who called for defunding the police were using taxpayer dollars to...
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...
Where do the billions in foreign aid go? About half of all foreign aid goes to Africa...
If this doesn't make you scream, you might be unconscious.
Critics ask, "Why does protection for the people matter less?"
The Policy Circle discussed government transparency and accountability with some...
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...
Police protection hypocrisy.
It's up to you to hold them accountable.
Defund for thee, but not for me.
Adam Andrzejewski speaks at Freedom Fest at Mount Rushmore.
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...
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...
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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...