Pogo Tracker

COVID‑19 government spending spans multiple categories, including loans, grants, contracts, and agency budget allocations. Navigating this financial landscape can be complex, which underscores the importance of the POGO Tracker as a tool for transparency and accountability—an essential element in supporting trust in our democracy.

Wireframe

The wireframes were designed to address an exceptionally complex set of data inputs while ensuring a streamlined and intuitive user experience that accommodates individuals across all levels of technical proficiency.

Discover

This tracker provides users with the ability to explore government spending nationwide, as well as through specific filters such as population, ethnicity, and unemployment rates—an unprecedented level of insight not offered by any other COVID spending tracker.

Map view

As users explore individual states, increasingly detailed information becomes available, enabling in-depth research that supports investigative journalists and other researchers seeking county-level data for each state.

Table view

The table view enables contextual research through side-by-side data comparisons within specific filters, while also providing the option to download spreadsheets for further offline analysis.

Platform preview

The platform preview is intended to offer transparency, enabling users to explore its capabilities and develop a clear understanding of both its strengths and limitations prior to full engagement.

Industry Pages

Users can access summary data by specific industries and drill down into each state to compare performance across the U.S., particularly within critical spending areas such as healthcare.