Jennica Pounds (@DataRepublican)

Jennica Pounds (@datarepublican on 𝕏) is a software engineer and data analyst best known for her work as @DataRepublican, where she has used open-source tools and real-time analytics to expose hidden inefficiencies and spending patterns inside the U.S. federal government. Pounds built one of the most influential citizen-driven data platforms in Internet history, providing transparent public access to billions of dollars in federal grants, which catalyzed a national conversation about bureaucratic waste and government accountability that worked its way up to become White House policy.

A former Big Tech engineer and current Utah small-business owner, Pounds rose to public prominence in 2025 after her federal-spending research drew national attention—and international backlash. Despite being doxxed and targeted, she continues to champion the principle that ordinary citizens can hold powerful institutions to account.