WATCHDOG TOOLS TO KEEP AN EYE ON YOUR GOVERNMENT
Celebrating
over 10 years of making statistics from more than 100 agencies available to citizens everywhere
Bringing Citizen
Oversight to Congressional Spending
Promoting open government, accountability and citizen participation
Contract
and Grant Database
The Nation’s Most Complete Resource for Information on Money in State Politics
A plethera of Government Links and check out their collection of historic US documents as well
Congressional Research
Reports
American taxpayers spend over $100 million a year to fund the Congressional Research Service. See what you paid for.
Bring
the Truth to Light: Get the facts on those who control your future including Bios, voting records, positions on issues, interest group
ratings, public statements, campaign finances.
State and Local Government Issues
Library of Congress site for local issues
and links
Improving access to existing information and digitizing new information, and by creating new tools
and Web sites to enable all of us to collaborate in fostering greater transparency.
An independent
and non-partisan voice for taxpayers working to increase transparency and expose and eliminate wasteful and corrupt subsidies, earmarks,
and corporate welfare.
The complete list of email addresses and fax numbers for all congress members, senators,
committees in Washington DC
Dedicated to providing factual, unbiased information about US government and politics.
Includes library of historic documents and other educational materials on how government works.
Comprehensive reseource
for DEA, DHS, ICE, IRS, ATF, FBI data. How it spends, where it spends, who benefits, how it enforces what laws, etc. Very complete.
Washingtonwatch.com tracks the bills in Congress, along with estimates about their costs or savings, when available.
Everyone can be an insider. Track bills, votes, issues, money trails.
Who’s Who in the Federal Government
Government site with actual lobbyist disclosures
Senate Lobbyist Database or Senate Query Search Board
Who’s
lobbying your Senators?
Who’s lobbying your representatives?
Bringing transparency to
the U.S. Congress by disseminating public documents and non-partisan information over the web.
Fax your reps for
free over the internet.
Investigating many aspects of this administration
Nonpartisan
guide to money’s influence on U.S. elections and public policy. Helping shine light on government. Count cash/ make change.
Money
and Politics: Illuminating the Connection
A journey toward greater transparency and accountability
Governmentwide audit database
What’s going on in DC? Find out here. Regulatory Documents, Sunshine
Act Meetings, Presidential Documents
The GREEN Tracking Library- Green Groups, Foundations, Bureaucrats, Labor
Unions, Media and Players
Forum on working with public records, analyzing the data. This may help you decifer what
you find.
USA.GOV
HOME
Directory of Federal, State, Local, Tribal Governments – WOW you could easily
go on info overload here. Cool site.
Cumulative List of Organizations described in Section 170(c) of the
Internal Revenue Code
Researching
data on state level regarding spending, pending and passed legislation, Governor speeches, news, etc..Left leaning.
A
ton of information on who is eligble, what is available through private and public sources.
Federal grant information
Government Pay Database, Union boss pay database, and all kinds of interesting figures.
A ton of public information
collected by your friend, the Government
Statistical Database
State and local sourcebook
for all kinds of government data
A public database of official texts of laws, regulations, judicial decisions, and other
complementary legal sources contributed by governmental agencies and international organizations.
Your money,
your government. An online tool to find out how Massachusetts State government is spending your tax dollars!
A daily
update of new reports from government agencies, ngo’s, think tanks, and other groups.
A unique website that lets
you see for yourself the hidden world of American political campaigns.
How left leaning are your politicians?
Check their records.
Keep tabs on the U.S. Congress. This is the independent, nonpartisan website that started the “civic hacking” movement in US
Citizens Against Government Waste
America’s #1 Taxpayer Watchdog – Pork Hunters Extraordinaire
Your guide to the names behind the news
And everybody elses, too (public figures net worth statements,
etc)
Exposing SEIU Corruption, including that involving our government.
Bill of Rights Defense Committee
Helping people convert their concern, outrage, fear into debate and action restoring Bill of Rights protections. See Resources Page too.
Americans for Less Secrecy, More Democracy
Project On Government Oversight
Investigates and exposes corruption and other misconduct to achieve a more effective, accountable, open, and ethical federal government.
Promoting Integrity, Transparency and Accountability in Government, Politics and the Law
