Consider checking out US Dept of Commerce&#x27;s Census of Governments - it has a lot of information. There&#x27;s also a big trend of state&#x2F;local governments opening their budgets and expenditures to the public in new and engaging ways. Some examples:<p>- <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.checkbooknyc.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.checkbooknyc.com&#x2F;</a><p>- <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;budget.dallasopendata.com&#x2F;#!&#x2F;year&#x2F;default" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;budget.dallasopendata.com&#x2F;#!&#x2F;year&#x2F;default</a><p>- <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;miamidade.budget.finance.socrata.com&#x2F;#!&#x2F;year&#x2F;default" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;miamidade.budget.finance.socrata.com&#x2F;#!&#x2F;year&#x2F;default</a><p>- <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;budget.topeka.org&#x2F;#!&#x2F;year&#x2F;default" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;budget.topeka.org&#x2F;#!&#x2F;year&#x2F;default</a><p>* Disclaimer: I work for Socrata which powers all of the above links except for NYC Checkbook