About UnvaultIndependent · free · nothing tracked

Government
shouldn't be
a locked door.

Unvault is an independent, free site that makes government usable: tools to get through its processes, and facts to see what it does.

Most people deal with an agency only when something has gone wrong: a letter, a denial, a deadline. That is exactly when the rules are hardest to find. Unvault puts the steps, the dates and the forms in one place, in plain words.

What it is

What Unvault is, and isn't

Unvault is

  • Free, for good. No ads, upsells or paid tiers
  • Plain steps, deadline calculators and letters you fill in yourself
  • Data on Congress, the President, agencies and federal money
  • Neutral. Facts and sources, no grades, rankings or party lines

Unvault is not

  • A government website, or connected to any agency
  • A law firm. It gives information, not legal advice
  • A place that files things for you. You stay in control
  • An AI guessing at answers. Every page is written and checked

How it works

Built to be trusted

How we check facts

Every rule, deadline and number links to its official source, with the date it was last checked.

  • Fast-changing pages are reviewed more often, and the review date is shown
  • Links are checked automatically, and broken ones are fixed first
  • Changes are logged, so you can see what changed and when

Privacy

No accounts, no ads and no tracking.

  • What you type into a tool stays in your browser. It is never sent to us
  • Letters are made on your device. You choose where they go
  • No cookies beyond remembering light or dark mode

Independent and neutral

Unvault has no connection to any government, party or campaign. It shows what officials and agencies do, with sources, and leaves the judging to you.

How it stays free

The site runs on low-cost hosting with no paid features. It will never charge for help or sell anything. If that ever needs support, it will come from donations, never from your data.

The five areas

What you'll find here

Corrections and contact

Found a mistake, a broken link or an out-of-date rule? Tell us and we'll fix it, then note the change on the page. A contact form goes here when the site launches.

For your own case, contact the agency, a free legal aid office, or your member of Congress. Unvault can't act on individual cases.