It’s a transparency extravaganza! Three new databases just went live that provide some excellent tools for muckrakers.
Over at OMBWatch, they’ve just launched FedSpending.org, a searchable database of federal grants and contracts. It’s similar to the website recently mandated by the Coburn-Obama law, though that website will only be available in 2008. Curious what contracts add up to Lockheed Martin’s $24,779,249,050 this year? You can find out there.
At the Center for Responsive Politics, you can get a rundown of the net worth of every member of Congress and the administration, as well as breakdowns from their financial disclosure statements.
The group also launched a new travel database, where you see the sponsored trips taken by each member of Congress in the past two years.
All databases were funded by grants from the Washington-based nonprofit the Sunlight Foundation. Happy raking!
