Tag: Openthebooks.com

  • Non-Profit Seeks Public Opinion on Government Waste

    Non-Profit Seeks Public Opinion on Government Waste

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    by Sharon Rondeau (Oct. 15, 2025) — Non-profit OpentheBooks.com has launched a poll asking readers to vote for the most egregious government waste of taxpayer money. For more than 15 years, the organization has delved into government spending at the local, state and federal levels through FOIA requests, making public the results of its findings.…

  • Report: U.S. Government Agencies Spent $97 Billion in One Month

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    …OF YOUR MONEY by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 12, 2019) — On Monday the government-transparency organization, OpentheBooks.com, reported that in the last month of fiscal year 2018, September, government agencies spent a combined total of $97 billion originating with hard-working Americans. The government’s fiscal year begins on October 1 and ends on September 30 of the…