Open the Books is a non-profit government transparency organization dedicated to investigating and reporting on public spending at the federal, state, and local levels. Its mission is to promote accountability in government by providing citizens with access to detailed information about how taxpayer dollars are spent.
Government transparency, fiscal accountability, public spending oversight, open records laws, and policies that increase disclosure of government salaries, contracts, and expenditures
Primarily funded through private donations and foundation grants
American Transparency; formerly associated with founder Adam Andrzejewski
Non-profit organization
