A sad loss of a crusader for government accountability and fiscal responsibility. We worked closely with Adam over the years and were especially appreciative of his successful FOIA litigation against Anthony Fauci. He will be missed.
Adam Norris Andrzejewski, 55, of Hinsdale passed away peacefully in his sleep at home on Sunday morning, August 17. He is survived by his wife, Kerry, and their daughters Ellie, Molly and Emma, and by six younger siblings, his mother, and many good friends.
Starting with a gathering of concerned parents and taxpayers at a neighbor’s kitchen in 2008, Adam began obtaining and publishing local school district expenditure records online. His call to “publish the public checkbook” and create better governmental accountability grew quickly from suburban school districts to community colleges, and from there to eventually become OpenTheBooks.com. With the mission “Every Dime, Online, in Real Time” Adam’s nonprofit became the nation’s largest government transparency portal, growing eventually to include billions of searchable government payroll, pension, and line item expenditures from all units local, state, and federal government.
