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…
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Sunshine Week Highlights Critical Component of Good Government
The next few days mark Sunshine Week, a national effort aimed at underscoring the importance of government transparency. The week coincides with the birthday of President James Madison, a force…
2021 Legislative Review and Report Card
A downloadable PDF version of this report is available by clicking here. *Click here to learn how rankings are determined. Keep scrolling to read the report in…
Episode 25: Asking for government’s permission to use your own property
Free to Offend Episode 25 | Guest: Wiz Rouzard—AFP Nevada Short-term rentals—like the kind Airbnb helps facilitate—have earned the wrath of big players in the hospitality industry as more and…
Episode 21: Will partisan politics get in the way of greater transparency?
Free to Offend Episode 21 | Assemblyman Andy Matthews Will partisan politics get in the way of greater government transparency? Former Nevada Policy President and Freshman Assemblyman…