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Open Directory - Regional: North America: United States: Society and Culture: Politics: Transparency
See also:
  • Ballotpedia - Collaborative encyclopedia about ballot measures, elected officials and state legislatures from a libertarian, free-market perspective.
  • CREW Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington - Watchdog group uses legal actions to target government officials who sacrifice the common good to special interests. Includes their blog, research and investigations, video and legal filings.
  • CapitolWatch - Works to expose unnecessary federal regulations, wasteful government spending and punitive tax policy.
  • Code for America - Non-profit enlists the talent of the web industry into public service to use their skills to solve core problems facing our communities. Includes blog, issues, projects, fellows and partners.
  • Data.gov - Official U.S. government site providing increased public access to federal government datasets. Includes metadata, how to access the datasets, and tools that leverage them.
  • ExpectMore.gov - Assessments of the performance of every Federal program and improvements, from the U.S. Office of Management and Budget.
  • FactCheck.org - Monitors the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews, and news releases. Offers email newsletter. From the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania.
  • Follow the Money - Searchable database of state-level campaign contributions, searchable by candidate, contributor, office and state. Includes research and reports. From the National Institute on Money in State Politics.
  • Guardian.co.uk - World Government Data: United States - Searchable directory of U.S. Government databases.
  • IT Dashboard - Official government website allows federal agencies, industry, the general public and other stakeholders to view details of government information technology investments. Includes portfolio, tools, data feeds and FAQ.
  • Judgepedia - Collaborative encyclopedia providing news and information about the judicial system in the United States including federal and state courts, judicial selection, and the philosophy of law from a libertarian, free-market perspective.
  • LegiStorm: Transparency's Sidekick - Provides searchable databases of U.S. Congress information, including congressional staff salaries and privately financed travel.
  • MapLight - Combines data sets to illuminate the connections between campaign contributions, legislative votes, and support and opposition to key bills by interest groups and companies.
  • OMB - Earmarks Database - Database of earmarks provided by the Congress for projects or programs, in appropriation and authorization bills, which circumvent the merit-based or competitive allocation process. From the U.S. Office of Management and Budget.
  • OpenCongress - News and official government data to track bills, votes, senators and representatives in the U.S. Congress. From the Sunlight Foundation.
  • Opensecrets.org - Guide to money in U.S. politics, including campaign money amounts and sources, searchable by party, candidate, lobbyist and election cycle. From the Center for Responsive Politics.
  • POLITICO.com - Karl Rove - Collected news articles about the Republican political operative.
  • Politics1 - Directory of American politics. Features links to information on ideologies, issues, parties and candidates.
  • ProPublica - Free the Files - Project to identify secret donors who are funding outside groups to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to influence elections.
  • Project Vote Smart - Non-partisan information on U.S. federal and state candidates, ballot measures, issues and legislation. Includes directory of national and state political resources.
  • Recovery.gov - Searchable database of how and where tax dollars are spent as a result of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
  • Sunlight Foundation - Claims to make U.S. government data accessible to the public.
  • Sunshine Review - News and information about state and local government transparency, from a libertarian and free-market perspective.
  • The Center for Public Integrity - Nonprofit, nonpartisan organization works to provide the American people with the findings of our investigations and analyses of public service, government accountability and ethics related issues. Features news, projects and reports.
  • USAspending.gov - Searchable database of each Federal award, providing the amount, name and location of the receiving entity, transaction type, funding agency, etc., from the Obama-Coburn Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006.
  • WhoRunsGov.com - In-depth profiles of government decision-makers and institutions. Includes administration, legislators, governors, aides and committee staff, and experts at think tanks and interest groups.
  • NYTimes.com - Where Americans Most Depend on Government Benefits - Interactive map showing, by county, the share of Americans’ income that comes from government benefit programs broken down by income support, veterans benefits, unemployment insurance, Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. (February 11, 2012)
  • NYTimes.com - What Percent Are You? - Interactive feature showing how household income ranks in 344 zones across the United States. (January 15, 2012)
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