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August 13, 2010 by
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How often do you think about government like a business? Until I started working with Sunshine Review, I never did.
However, experience has taught that governments programs need to be run like a business. Some have good performance, some are corrupt. ::cough, um, , cough::
But government programs can be run like a business. Asking questions like, “Is the new road being built as efficiently and cheaply as possible?” are just as important as posting the checkbook register. Which is why I’m glad one of Sunshine Review all-stars, , just gave a for how they manage programs for optimal performance. You can see the entire presentation .
I like to think transparency demands better performance management from governments. After all, what government wants to report what a bad job they’re doing?
Does your local government have performance results posted online? Let us know in the comments.
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February 17, 2010 by
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at . The state is aware of what a huge accomplishment this is, with State Treasurer Dean Martin saying:
“Finally, taxpayers will have Arizona’s checkbook at their fingertips. Now they can see exactly where their hard-earned money is being spent by the government.”
believes taxpayers deserve to know where their money goes, and this is much more than a privilege. Governments ought to see the price of information as an investment with public scrutiny ultimately saving them–and citizens– money.
The new focus on transparency comes with a promise from the Treasurer’s Office to have complete accounting data posted on the new website as it becomes available each month. It’s a completely laudable accomplishment for Arizona to have moved to the present . However, a small place for improvement involves the Governor’s General Accounting Office, which will only provide historical data from previous years for a fee of $800 for every additional month’s balance requested.
“Unfortunately, we have no appropriation to pay nearly $10,000 per year for this information,” said Treasurer Dean Martin. “We will continue to capture this data monthly going forward, but until the fee is waived or an appropriation provided, year over year comparisons will be limited to fiscal year 2009 and forward.”
So there’s some room for improvement, but acknowledgment of potential change. Still, Sunshine Review hopes other state governments take note and follow the example of .
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July 9, 2009 by
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A couple of few interesting updates…
* Our friends at posted a strong admonishment to and state on the this morning. Burns recently discharged Senator Thayer Verschoor (R-Gilbert) and Senate Majority Whip Pamela Gorman (R-Anthem) from their leadership positions after the senators voted against the Governor’s ill-advised legislation to increase AZ’s sales tax. Americans for Tax Reform set up an citizens can visit to speak out against the tax hike.
* Bob Weeks over at points out that Sedgwick County, Kansas has placed its . Inquiring minds can sort data by function, category, fund, or vendor.
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* The Ocean State Policy Research Institute is tracking RI stimulus spending through their newest website, .
* Duval County from , which was the given in the state of , and the only county that had complete information about lobbyists on its Web site. Only one Florida county, , should be embarrassed by not having a web presence.