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
Sisolak latest to be enveloped by Nevada’s pension fog
In 2015, the Legislature slashed PERS benefits for all new hires, leaving these workers paying the highest rates in the nation, while receiving the lowest benefits in modern Nevada…
Nevada’s Public Records Law Needs Teeth
Transparency is an essential part of a representative government; without it, some would rule while others would simply be ruled over. This is why the federal government and every state…
Lack of penalties encourages governments to defy public records law
Nevadans can expect to remain in the dark about matters of vital public interest, as long as government officials are free to violate the state’s public records law without consequence.
Recent News
The politicians’ friend: Part II
The AG's office is turning a blind eye to open meeting violations.
The politicians’ friend: Part I
Nevada Attorney General Cortez Masto's office has routinely failed to deliver timely decisions in cases about potential violations of Nevada's opening meeting law.
The truth will set you free
Knowledge about use of tax dollars is essential to freedom.
More school board secrecy
Has the Clark County Board of School Trustees found yet another way to get around Nevada's open-meeting laws? Or, are they now just thumbing their nose at Nevada laws altogether?