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Over the last few years state governments across the country have been creating entirely new web portals dedicated to spending transparency, listing state employee salaries, providing state operating budgets and the like. Independent organizations have also jumped on the transparency bandwagon, often times filling the void in states that do not yet have official transparency sites. They attempt to organize financial information into user friendly and searchable formats.
KansasOpenGov is a fine example of this. Created as a public service by the Kansas Policy Institute, the site offers Kansans a clear look at how their state and local tax dollars are spent. Gathering all information directly from official government sources, the site provides state financial data including employee salaries, property tax liabilities per county, school spending data, and much more in searchable formats.[1]
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