LegiStorm is a website and research organization known for posting salaries and personal information on politicians and political staffers.[1]
It was founded in the fall of 2006 by Jock Friedly.[1] At the time, it operated out of an old school building on the outskirts of the Capitol Hill neighborhood.[1] The website offers a subscription tier called LegiStorm Pro.[2]
In 2008, LegiStorm began posting the financial disclosures of congressional staff prompting some concern about the release of sensitive personal information. In response, the United States House of Representatives paid LegiStorm US$3,100 (equivalent to $4,387 in 2023) to cover the cost of redacting certain details including home addresses and personal signatures from the disclosures of its staff.[3]
Some congressional staffers have criticized the website.[4] In 2013, the website began using the StormFeed tool to post the personal Twitter accounts.[2]
