Open The Books Apps

Search the United States Government checkbook since the year 2000:contracts, grants, loans, direct payments, and farmsubsidies.  The app also contains seven year salary historiesand bonuses for 2.2 million disclosed federal employees, statecheckbooks in at least 16 states, and public salaries from 36,000local units of government across America. Hyper-localize allfederal spending by using your current GPS location, setting acustom location by zip code, or search by a vendor name oremployee's last name. See state checkbook spending: 1. choose atarget state on the ‘state checkbook fly wheel’ of the app; 2. ifyou live ‘out-of-state,’ then change your location by keying anyZIP code within the target state. See salaries from 36,000 units oflocal government across America by your current location (asdetermined by GPS) or keying in a ZIP code. American Transparencyis a 501(c)3 non-partisan, non-profit organization. Visit ourwebsite at www.openthebooks.com. The need for transparency hasnever been greater. Americans have never been more willing. Now isthe time to stand up and be heroes.

Launched by Ohio Treasurer JoshMandel,OhioCheckbook.com is a first-of-its-kind andaward-winninggovernment transparency website that shows taxpayersexactly howtheir tax money is being spent. By shining sunlight ongovernmentspending, salaries and decisions made deep in thebureaucracy,OhioCheckbook.com enables taxpayers to help root outwaste, fraudand abuse. The OhioCheckbook mobile app was created inpartnershipwith Open the Books.