Today, we roll out a database of earmark requests for 2011 along with our partners in data collection, Taxpayers for Common Sense and Taxpayers Against Earmarks.

Recall that, last year, WashingtonWatch.com users crowd-sourced the first-ever earmark request database. With that shining example out there, in January President Obama called for a state-of-the-art earmark database, obviously to be produced by Congress. (We told ‘em how to do that at Earmarkdata.org.) Congress hasn’t done it, so we did.

Transparency creates pressure for reform, and House and Senate Republicans have both opted to swear off earmarks. (House Democrats can’t do earmarks next year because Republicans will be in control.) Senate Democrats will continue to earmark.

But Congress hasn’t passed final spending measures for FY 2011 yet. These earmark requests are still pending.

So click through and use the pull-down menus to select your state and representatives in Congress. See what earmarks they have requested in your area. Decide for yourself whether they are a good use of taxpayer dollars.

You can let your opinion be known by voting, by commenting on each earmark, and by editing the wiki article for each earmark with information that you have and points you want to make.