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May 29, 2008 by
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brings us another edition of the Sunshine Troublemaker of the Week.
Augusta, Georgia’s purchasing department needs a little sunshine, and Robert Mullins wants to be the guy to open the blinds. The problem? He’s not receiving his FOIA’ed information as soon as required by law. In fact, Mullins had to sue the city and Geri Sams, the Augusta Procurement Officer, in order to have a chance at ever seeing the information he requested.
Apparently, he’s not the only one with difficulty getting access to public records- the Augusta Chronical joined the lawsuit. The Chronical had .
Congratulations, Robert Mullins, on your award. When you finally receive that information you requested, please, let us know if you discover the reason Ms. Sams refused to just follow the law.
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May 29, 2008 by
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The Times Picayune ed board gave Louisiana Ag Commissioner Mike Strain a pat on the back today for, well, basically not being as fiscally irresponsible as his predecessor.
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Now, we at are all about praise for good work, but it sounds like Mr. Strain is simply doing what any decent, responsible public servant should do: Safeguard Taxpayer Money.
If public gratitude is needed for things like correct contracting and competitive bidding, Louisiana voters have some more work to do.
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May 29, 2008 by
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I congratulate Governor Palin and the government of Alaska for opening up the government to the people. Keep up the good work.
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May 28, 2008 by
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Transparency has a strong advocate in Adam Andrzejewski, the Executive Director of , an organization dedicated to transparency on all 7200+ levels of Illinois government. Andrzejewski is currently working to persuade school districts to place their check registers online so parents (and all taxpayers) know where their money is going, and how much of it directly benefits students.
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Three school districts are already posting check registers online: Huntley School District #158, Carpentersville Community District #300, and Oak Park Elementary #97.
3 down, 876 to go. Good Luck, Adam, and thanks for your service to Taxpayers and Parents everywhere.
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May 28, 2008 by
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The praise continues to roll in for the North Dakota Policy Council’s (NDPC) cheap cialis pillsTransparency Website.This time the praise comes from a prominent elected official.
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If you have not taken the time to visit the Sunshine on Schools website please do so today by .
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May 27, 2008 by
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Another government transparency website hits the web. It is called USAspending.gov.
Like many of you I was not aware that the federal government has a transparency website where a citizen can search for whom the federal government has awarded contracts and how it spends your tax dollars. This website come is the result of legislation sponsored by US Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) and US Senator Barack Obama (D-IL).
While the website is far from perfect it does give the average citizen more access to its government…. that is always a good thing!
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This proves that open government and transparency are issues that Republicans and Democrats can support!
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May 27, 2008 by
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Shane Osborn, State Treasurer of Nebraska, has been aggressively promoting NE’s new transparency website, . Treasurer Osborn has said that he hopes to set a national example for transparency- and with his new website upgrades, he is definitely a leader on the issue.
The site originally featured agency budgets and programs, taxes levied, and a chart with historical budgets. New upgrades to the site now allow taxpayers to review $20K+ contracts, $500K+ expenditures, detailed information on 93 counties, and data regarding Nebraska’s Operating Investment Pool.
Although I have been (rightfully) accused of being a data junkie, my favorite part of the site was Osborn’s description of his job:
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We couldn’t agree more. Great work.
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May 22, 2008 by
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North Carolina’s released their much-anticipated 2008 Transparency Report Card this past week. Unfortunately, authors Chad Adams and Joseph Coletti found a disturbing lack of openness from NC government agencies, cities, counties, and school districts.
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May 21, 2008 by
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I received my newsletter from the North Dakota Policy Council (NDPC) this morning and was very happy to see the praise the NDPC has received for it’s Sunshine on Schools Transparency Website.
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I blogged about this great website earlier this week.
If you have not taken the time to visit the Sunshine on Schools website please do so today by .
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May 20, 2008 by
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New Orleans Mayor is under fire again for a lack of transparency- this time in city contracts. According to Nagin issued an executive order in 2005 that made all executive branch contract review panel meetings confidential and prohibits disclosure of information to third parties.
Two N.O. city council members, Arnie Fielkow and Shelley Midura, are pressing Nagin for more transparency. It is the practice of the city council to have an open forum for committees to consider legislative branch city contracts, which currently total about $9.9 million. Unfortunately, the mayor controls executive branch contracts (the bulk of the contracts) through his closed-door meetings.
Nagin’s defends his lack of transparency to cheap cialis pills:
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Janet Howard, president and CEO of the , had this to say:
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According to the article, Howard is also concerned about the history of N.O. mayors reaping a windfall of campaign contributions from businesses that have or desire city contracts, creating a “pay to play” atmosphere.
Note to Nagin: Open up your books, and no one gets hurt (by more bad press).