Post by manape on Mar 3, 2008 22:50:11 GMT -4
Why do we have to wait until Jan. 1, 2010, for the Georgia Open Financials Web site to be up and running? Do you want to know where your state tax dollars go? Please comment here and contact our Senate to see why we can't get this Web site sooner.
Also, you may be interested in knowing what Georgia First Amendment Foundation is doing to promote "Open Government." Does anyone support GFAF? Here is a Web page to their links
GFAF Links at www.gfaf.org/resources.html#statues
Don McKee wrote about Senate Bill 300, the "Transparency in Government Act," In the Marietta Daily Journal...
Published: 02/25/2008
By Don McKee
Columnist
Georgia citizens should have easy Internet access to data showing what the state government is spending on all programs and projects, grants and contracts.
Finally, there's a move underway to make that happen.
Senate Bill 300, the "Transparency in Government Act," authored by Sen. Chip Rogers (R-Woodstock), passed the Senate unanimously last Thursday.
It would require the state Department of Audit and Accounts to "develop and operate a single, searchable website accessible at no cost by the public, that provides information for each expenditure of state funds." Included would be information on recipients of funds, amount, type of transaction, funding agency, program budget source and "any other relevant information specified" by the department. The required data would have to be posted on the Web site "no later than 30 days after the last day of the preceding fiscal year."
www.mdjonline.com/content/index/showcontentitem/area/1/section/21/item/105861.html
Also, you may be interested in knowing what Georgia First Amendment Foundation is doing to promote "Open Government." Does anyone support GFAF? Here is a Web page to their links
GFAF Links at www.gfaf.org/resources.html#statues
Don McKee wrote about Senate Bill 300, the "Transparency in Government Act," In the Marietta Daily Journal...
Published: 02/25/2008
By Don McKee
Columnist
Georgia citizens should have easy Internet access to data showing what the state government is spending on all programs and projects, grants and contracts.
Finally, there's a move underway to make that happen.
Senate Bill 300, the "Transparency in Government Act," authored by Sen. Chip Rogers (R-Woodstock), passed the Senate unanimously last Thursday.
It would require the state Department of Audit and Accounts to "develop and operate a single, searchable website accessible at no cost by the public, that provides information for each expenditure of state funds." Included would be information on recipients of funds, amount, type of transaction, funding agency, program budget source and "any other relevant information specified" by the department. The required data would have to be posted on the Web site "no later than 30 days after the last day of the preceding fiscal year."
www.mdjonline.com/content/index/showcontentitem/area/1/section/21/item/105861.html