OpenTheBooks is a government spending transparency organization that collects, publishes, and analyzes public spending data to promote accountability and reduce waste, fraud, and abuse; it produces searchable databases, investigative reports, and audit requests for federal, state, and local expenditures.
Promotes government spending transparency and open records, fiscal oversight and audits, anti-corruption measures, reduction of wasteful or duplicative public spending, and increased public access to contract, grant, and payroll data.
Primarily funded by philanthropic grants and individual donors, supplemented by fundraising and fee-for-service research or data projects.
Adam Andrzejewski (founder and CEO) and partnerships with investigative journalists, auditors, and state-level transparency initiatives and oversight offices.
Non-profit watchdog organization (registered 501(c)(3) research/transparency group)
