Civil Service employees make about $15,000 less each year than appointees.
It's part of The Vault, our effort to increase access to public information.
A nonprofit is about to lose a deal that brings in more than $100,000 a year, but a related company just got a bigger contract.
Starting with the city of New Orleans, we're uploading thousands of government contracts to make it easier to keep tabs on how local governments spend your money. What will you find?