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The Swamp Got Bigger, Better Paid & More Secretive Since 2020
If you were told a business increased their staff headcount by 5% over four years but its payroll rose 24% over that time, all the while withholding the…
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Radical Groups Tied to Mamdani Associates Pulled in Millions of Taxpayer Dollars
The race for New York City mayor featured super-charged rhetoric and accusations about Zohran Mamdani’s connections to radical antisemites and terrorism…
Nov 7 • 
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Nearly $200M in Direct Federal Grants Has Been Aimed at Expanding Programs to Serve Illegal Immigrants
Illegal immigrants have benefitted from at least $197 million in direct federal healthcare-related grants since fiscal year 2021, according to new…
Oct 30 • 
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Top-Paid LA Lifeguards Earned Up To $510,283 In 2021
May 31, 2022 • OpenTheBooks
How Fact-Finding Fauci Led To My Cancellation At Forbes
Mar 9, 2022 • OpenTheBooks
EXCLUSIVE: As private citizen, Dr. Fauci received $15 million taxpayer-funded security detail
Nov 7, 2024 • OpenTheBooks and Jordan Schachtel
Anthony Fauci Defended NIH Culture Of Secrecy: The $325M Third-Party Royalty Complex... Now We Know More Details.
Aug 9, 2023 • OpenTheBooks
Taxpayer Funded Censorship: How Government is Using Your Tax Dollars to Silence Your Voice
Nov 22, 2024 • OpenTheBooks
DELETE, DELETE, DELETE, DELETE
Jan 28 • OpenTheBooks
Recent Impact of Our Investigations
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Oct 20
“Ghost Students” Still Collecting Fraudulent Federal, State Aid
California whistleblower found fake enrollee using identity of 9/11 victim.
Oct 15 • 
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Safety Net Spending Reality Check
This week marks not only the start of a new fiscal year but also the beginning of another government shutdown.
Oct 2 • 
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The Public School Crisis: Higher Payrolls Associated with Worse Student Performance
Debates about public school funding sometimes include an underlying assumption that more funding results in better student outcomes.
Sep 17 • 
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Charlie Kirk, September 11, and our Unending Commitment to Transparency
Remembering Charlie Kirk on September 11 is tragic but oddly appropriate.
Sep 11 • 
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Letter to Secretary Hegseth: End "Use-It-or-Lose-It" Spending Sprees This Year
Open the Books released a report last week detailing 20 areas of fiscal concern at the Department of Defense.
Sep 2 • 
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Pentagon's Bloated, Opaque and Undisciplined Budget Undermines our National Security
Our investigators exposed systemic problems with contracting, grantmaking and tracking expenses
Aug 27 • 
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