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USAFacts (launched in 2017) is a not-for-profit organization and website that
provides data and reports on the United States population, its government's
finances, and government's impact on society. USAFacts was founded by former
Microsoft CEO and owner of the Los Angeles Clippers basketball team, Steve Ballmer.
Ballmer invested his own money in the project. USAFacts goals are to make
government data about tax revenues, expenditures, and outcomes more accessible
and understandable. USAFacts's platform is designed to provide information to
the public about government spending and impact at all levels, from federal to
local. It includes information about border apprehensions, climate, immigration,
active shooters, medicare, education, military spending, and opioids. It also
helps entrepreneurs figure out the best location to launch or invest in
businesses. At launch, the website gathered data from over 70 government
agencies and pulled data from more than 130 US government statistical
databases and reports. Only official government data is included in the
site.
In September 2018, USAFacts launched a new Voter Center. This compares
government data with the positions members of Congress state publicly
and shares information about education, healthcare, tariffs, jobs,
immigration, economy, guns, etc. Partners of the Vote Center are
Countable, BallotReady, and TurboVote.
In May 2020, USAFacts won the 2020 Webby Award for Government & Civil
Innovation in the category Web. In August 2021, Fast Company named
USAFacts 14th on its third-annual Best Workplaces for Innovators list.
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