Open The Books
American Transparency Reference iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Open The Books is a free Reference app for iPhone and iPad by American Transparency. Rated 2.5/5 from 88 ratings. Requires iOS 15.2.
- Rating
- 2.5
- 88 ratings
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 6 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Sep 24
- 2025 · v3.2
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About Open The Books
Search the United States Government checkbook since the year 2000: contracts, grants, loans, direct payments, and farm subsidies. The app also contains seven year salary histories and bonuses for 2.2 million disclosed federal employees, state checkbooks in at least 16 states, and public salaries from 36,000 local units of government across America. Hyper-localize all federal spending by using your current GPS location, setting a custom location by zip code, or search by a vendor name or employee's last name. See state checkbook spending: 1. choose a target state on the ‘state checkbook fly wheel’ of the app; 2. if you live ‘out-of-state,’ then change your location by keying any ZIP code within the target state. See salaries from 36,000 units of local government across America by your current location (as determined by GPS) or keying in a ZIP code. American Transparency is a 501(c)3 non-partisan, non-profit organization. Visit our website at www.openthebooks.com. The need for transparency has never been greater. Americans have never been more willing. Now is the time to stand up and be heroes.
Ratings & reviews
2.5
88 ratings
What’s new
Version 3.2 · Updated September 24, 2025
+ UI updates and fixes
App privacy
The developer, American Transparency, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected and linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Contact Info: Email Address, Name
Used for: Developer’s Advertising or Marketing
Data Not Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected but is not linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Contact Info: Physical Address, Phone Number
- Location: Coarse Location
Used for: Developer’s Advertising or Marketing, App Functionality
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