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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...
Baltimore City student test scores have dropped to some of the lowest in the country....
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...
Everyday, we highlight one quick, blood-boiling example of taxpayer abuse at the...
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....
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...
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.
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...
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.
It's all part of the bipartisan $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill.
VP Kamala Harris’ office recently rejected our Freedom of Information Act request...
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...