Government Transparency
Nevada Policy fights to ensure government remains transparent and accountable to the citizens it was designed to serve.
Nevadans deserve a government that is both accountable and transparent to the citizens it was designed to serve. Citizens have a right to know how, exactly, their tax dollars are being spent by government.
That is why Nevada Policy works to preserve and extend transparency in government through investigative journalism, litigation and our groundbreaking transparency project TransparentNevada.com.
Nevada Policy also provides free training and information on Nevada’s Open Meetings Law and the Public Records Act, which are the two main statutory mechanisms by which citizens can demand transparency from their government.
TransparentNevada.com
Taxpayers have the right to know how, exactly, their tax dollars are being spent. That’s why Nevada Policy makes government spending information available on TransparentNevada.com — a database of all public sector compensation information for the state of Nevada. This transparency project is a groundbreaking effort to help citizens understand how local governments are spending their tax dollars. Nevada Policy also runs a sister-site, TransparentCalifornia.com
Featured Articles
Transparency Essential to Maintaining a Free Society
Keeping our leaders accountable is among the most foundational parts of our republic, and that accountability begins with ensuring that the public has access to the best information possible. That’s…
Audit of Covid Funding Likely to Uncover More Problems
State Sen. Scott Hammond made headlines last week by calling for an audit of every federal COVID relief dollar spent in the state from mid-March 2020 to mid-May…
Episode 62: Transparency is the first step to better public policy
Free to Offend Episode 62 | Guest: Shelby Fleshood, Nevada Policy Let’s face it, most public policy debates come down to one thing: How are our tax dollars actually being…
Recent News
How PERS Harms Teacher Quality and Retention
Note: This is the second in a three-part series examining the Nevada Public Employees’ Retirement System, or PERS. While both taxpayers and public employees will have to bail out Nevada’s…
Nevada’s Pension Debt Soars to $18B, Teachers Pay Nation’s Highest Retirement Costs
Note: This is the first in a three-part series examining the Nevada Public Employees’ Retirement System, or PERS. Taxpayers and public employees are once again going to have…
Nevada Policy Adds Seven Dual-Serving Legislators to Lawsuit
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jan. 2, 2023 CONTACT: Kevin Dietrich (702) 720-5340; kevin@nevadapolicy.org Nevada Policy Adds Seven Dual-Serving Legislators to Lawsuit Nevada Policy’s efforts to enforce the…
Teachers' Appeal for more Money Requires Scrutiny
Demands from teachers’ unions for extra bonus “contract raises” are coming with increasing frequency. The Los Angeles Unified union’s recent announcement seeking a 20 percent raise…