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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="../part2stratml.xsl"?><PerformancePlanOrReport><Name>About OTB</Name><Description>Every Dime. Online. In Real Time. -- At OpenTheBooks.com, we work hard to capture and post all disclosed spending at every level of government – federal, state, and local. We've successfully captured nearly 5 billion public expenditures, and we are rapidly growing our data in all 50 states down to the municipal level. We won't stop until we capture every dime taxed and spent by our government.</Description><OtherInformation>As a government watchdog organization, we accept no government funding.</OtherInformation><StrategicPlanCore><Organization><Name>Open The Books</Name><Acronym>OTB</Acronym><Identifier>_d1ed23da-199b-11eb-9a71-da8d0f83ea00</Identifier><Description/><Stakeholder StakeholderTypeType="Organization"><Name>American Transparency</Name><Description>OpenTheBooks.com is a project of American Transparency – a 501(c)3 nonprofit, nonpartisan charitable organization. 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Once citizens are able to see how the government spends their money, it will influence how they vote and how they view their government.</Description></Value><Goal><Name>Data &amp; News</Name><Description>Apply data to news stories</Description><Identifier>_d1ed274a-199b-11eb-9a71-da8d0f83ea00</Identifier><SequenceIndicator>1</SequenceIndicator><Stakeholder><Name/><Description/></Stakeholder><OtherInformation>Question &amp; Answers -- We follow the national news cycle closely and apply our unique data to breaking news stories. 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Our reports are unique, providing detailed insight to the intricate ways tax dollars are spent.</OtherInformation><Objective><Name/><Description/><Identifier>_d1ed2970-199b-11eb-9a71-da8d0f83ea00</Identifier><SequenceIndicator/><Stakeholder><Name/><Description/></Stakeholder><OtherInformation/></Objective></Goal><Goal><Name>Government Expenses</Name><Description>Gut every government expense online in real time</Description><Identifier>_d1ed2a2e-199b-11eb-9a71-da8d0f83ea00</Identifier><SequenceIndicator>3</SequenceIndicator><Stakeholder StakeholderTypeType="Generic_Group"><Name>Public Citizens</Name><Description/></Stakeholder><Stakeholder StakeholderTypeType="Generic_Group"><Name>Investigative Reporters</Name><Description/></Stakeholder><Stakeholder StakeholderTypeType="Generic_Group"><Name>Academics</Name><Description/></Stakeholder><Stakeholder StakeholderTypeType="Generic_Group"><Name>Think Tanks</Name><Description/></Stakeholder><Stakeholder StakeholderTypeType="Generic_Group"><Name>Politicians</Name><Description/></Stakeholder><OtherInformation>Unique Database -- Our goal is to put every government expense online in real time. 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