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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…
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Recent Impact of Our Investigations
INTRODUCTION & OVERVIEW
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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September 2025
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.
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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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August 2025
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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BIG ANNOUNCEMENT: HONORING ADAM ANDRZEJEWSKI’S LEGACY
This week marked the one-year anniversary of the passing of Open the Books founder Adam Andrzejewski.
Aug 23
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Mamdani's "Affordability" Agenda Could be Costly
Zohran Mamdani, the 33-year-old democratic socialist likely to be the next mayor of New York City, won the June democratic primary with the promise of…
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Behind UCLA’s Funding Freeze: Anti-Israel Professors, Radical Grantmaking and Major DEI Investments
Earlier in August the Trump administration announced it would close the federal funding spigot to a major part of the University of California system…
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IMPACT: PAUL, ERNST ADVANCE ROYALTY TRANSPARENCY ACT, ACKNOWLEDGE OPEN THE BOOKS
The bill would cast sunlight on the multibillion-dollar government royalty complex.
Aug 7
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