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    Watchdog Report Claims State IT Jobs Could be Outsourced

    Sep 05, 2013

    Adam Andrzejewski, who published the report as founder of OpenTheBooks.com explains...

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    Implementing ObamaCare by Outsourcing Illinois Jobs to India

    Sep 03, 2013

    While everyone debates the policy points of ObamaCare, few understand that billions...

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    Breaking… Our National FOX News Story- No Bid Illinois Implementation of ObamaCare

    Aug 30, 2013

    Yesterday, FOX News broke our investigation into No-Bid Illinois ObamaCare Implementation....

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    Fortune 100 Companies | Open The Books Federal Transfer Report

    Aug 25, 2013

    Fiscal Years 2000-2012: Quantifying Federal Contracts, Grants, Loans, Direct Payments,...

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    Adam Andrzejewski

    Open The Books App- Upgraded with 31States, All Public Salaries

    Aug 25, 2013

    Government Salaries showcased for 31 States. Search the salary of YOUR local public...

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    This Story Has A Lot of Legs- Illinois Management Information System (MMIS Upgrade)

    Aug 21, 2013

    We first broke this story to you on May 28th, here. Then multiple state employee...

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    The New Arms Race

    Jul 25, 2013

    It’s the new arms race… Recently, we’ve learned about the NSA and IRS Big Data collection...

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    Municipal administrators are getting big raises- “Clawback outrageous salaries from State aid”

    Jul 24, 2013

    Editor’s Note: After our Big Dog’s Report in June, outrageous municipal salaries...

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    No-Bid Illinois Obama Care Implementation

    Jul 16, 2013

    We first started the expose of this case on May 28, 2013 with our subscriber email:...

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    Federal Salary Report, 50 State & City Analysis 2007-12

    Jul 09, 2013

    Covering 2.5 million federal employees working in 50 states and 14,000 cities, Open...

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    Director’s Big raises Sweeten his Pension

    Jun 29, 2013

    Following up our “Big Dogs Report” 2013, Jim Dey, columnist at Champaign News-Gazette,...

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    The Wall Street Journal Opinion Editorial, Track Government Spending With Your Phone

    Jun 28, 2013

    Appearing in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal on page A13, our opinion...

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    THE 2013 BIG DOGS REPORT- IL MUNICIPAL SALARIES

    Jun 25, 2013

    Are they public servants or an elite bureaucracy? You decide.

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    Chicago Business Journal: Open the Books to see government spending details on your phone

    Jun 21, 2013

    Adam Andrzejewski says his web site and mobile app, Open the Books, could help motivate...

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    Finally, an app that could curb federal spending

    Jun 05, 2013

    How is government spending our money? That's the question Adam Andrzejewski, a government...

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    Our Biggest Day Ever

    May 31, 2013

    Yesterday, The Wall Street Journal published our opinion editorial, Track Government...

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