WASHINGTON (TNND) — Government watchdog group Open the Books reviewed all the federal agencies and mapped their increased spending over 24 years, finding some agencies grew as much as 500% ...

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"Taxpayers saved an estimated $141 billion," Rachel O'Brien, who is the deputy public policy editor for Open The Books.com, told The National Desk's Jan Jeffcoat during a one-on-one interview Friday.