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    Former Microsoft CEO Launches New Tool For Finding Government Data

    On Tax Day, Steve Ballmer announced USAFacts — a website where anyone can look up where government money comes from, and how it's spent, along with lots of other data.
    by Camila Domonoske Apr 18, 2017 2 minutes
    A new project by former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer takes government data on spending and revenue and turns it into interactive graphics, like this breakdown of spending by local, state and federal governments in 2014.

    This Tax Day, former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer launched a new tool designed to make government spending and revenue more accessible to the average citizen.

    The website — — has been slow and buggy for users on Tuesday, apparently due to the level of traffic. It offers interactive

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