States with spending online
From Sunshine Review
George W. Bush signed the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act (S. 2590) into law in September 2006. Sponsored by Senators Tom Coburn and Barack Obama, this bipartisan legislation required that federal grant and contract funding data appear online in a searchable database.[1]
For the new administration, OMB Watch has produced suggestions to increase transparency and government openness. Read the report by clicking here. Prospects for transparency look hopeful, although President Obama may face challenges in promoting it. [2]
[edit] Spending information online
Since S. 2590 passed, states have increasingly developed and updated websites in order to disclose information about state government spending. The state websites vary in how much information they offer. Some state websites are comprehensive, while others are limited.
In some cases, a state may not have a well-developed transparency website, but an independent government watchdog within the state will have such a website. In the case of Maine, for example, the state's website offers limited spending information, but a website (MaineOpenGov.org) run by a government watchdog within the state, Maine Heritage Policy Center, offers lots of information.
Below, a table evaluates the comprehensiveness of various state and, in some cases, privately run websites that offer spending information.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Bills would boost spending transparency, Stateline.org, March 6, 2009
[edit] References
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