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  • 1_The_$100bil_Use_or_Lose_Spending_Spree_2

    Real Clear Policy: The $100 Billion Use-It-Or-Lose-It Federal Spending Spree

    Mar 13, 2019

    Federal agencies scramble to spend what’s left in their budgets, in fear that leaving...

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    The Daily Signal: Government Lays Out $4.6 Million on Lobster and Crab in Spending Spike

    Mar 13, 2019

    Against the backdrop of a record-breaking $22 trillion in national debt, the revelation...

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    Forbes: Ten Ways President Trump's Agencies Spent $100B In A Use-It-Or-Lose-It Shopping Spree In Sept 2018

    Mar 11, 2019

    For federal agencies, Christmas comes in September. In the final month of the fiscal...

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    American Thought Leaders: Transparency in Government Spending? There’s an App for That

    Mar 10, 2019

    The Epoch Times sits down with Adam to talk about how his work brought about more...

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    New York Post: This federal agency spent $4.6M on shellfish in a month: watchdog

    Mar 08, 2019

    What the shell? A federal agency spent $4.6 million on crab and lobster tails in...

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    Washington Free Beacon: Feds Pay Millions for Lobster Tail, Booze, Toys in End of Year Spending Spree

    Federal agencies billed taxpayers millions for lobster tail, alcohol, standing desks,...

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    The Washington Times: Feds splurge on lobster, pianos, golf carts in race to spend "use-it-or-lose-it" budget

    Mar 07, 2019

    It turns out September, not April, may be federal taxpayers’ worst nightmare.

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    The Federal Government's Use-it-or-Lose-it Spending Spree | Open The Books Oversight Report

    Mar 07, 2019

    In the final month of fiscal year 2018, the federal government spent $97 billion...

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    Wyoming State Checkbooks (2013-2018)

    Feb 28, 2019

    Wyoming State Checkbooks (2013-2018)

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    Forbes: Mapping $28 Billion In Wyoming State Checkbook Expenditures

    Feb 28, 2019

    When newly elected Wyoming State Auditor Kristi Racines produced six full years of...

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    Forbes: Why Have President Trump's Regulatory Agencies Stockpiled So Much Firepower?

    Feb 22, 2019

    Why does the IRS need five million rounds of ammunition? Why did Health and Human...

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    The Associated Press (AP): Groups: New Wyoming auditor delivers spending records sought

    Feb 21, 2019

    Wyoming's state auditor has provided all state spending records that two government...

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    Press Release: Wyoming State Auditor Produces State Checkbook Records

    New State Auditor Kristi Racines Embraces The Transparency Revolution: American Transparency...

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    Fox Business: Deroy Murdock Talks about the War on Waste

    Feb 15, 2019

    The War on Waste is an initiative of OpenTheBooks (a project of American Transparency)...

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    Fox Nation: The War on Waste

    Feb 15, 2019

    With the race for 2020 heating up, what issues mean the most for Americans? We believe...

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    Real Clear Politics: Washington Is Missing a Chance to Cut the Federal Workforce

    Feb 11, 2019

    OpenTheBooks Oversight Study: Both parties have adopted a mantra of protecting federal...

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