State
governments contract for goods and services amounting to tens of billions of
dollars, and offer subsidies to encourage economic development, grants and other
spending issues. To insure that the
funds are well spent, accountability and public scrutiny are
required.
Right
now all 50 states provide state spending information on the internet, and for
all except CA and VT the info is searchable.
“Transparency 20” refers to meeting the
standards.
Take
a look at TRANSPARENCY FLORIDA, and see how our state
spends its money. The U.S. Public
Interest Research Group gave Florida an A- grade for the Transparency Florida
website, and ranked it third in the US for state government transparency. You may want to subscribe to Florida’s CFO
Jeff Atwater’s weekly DOLLARS AND SENSE newsletter to keep apprised of
what is happening in our state.
