Shining a Brighter Light on Federal Spending
Source: POGO blog, June 4, 2008
If you read the morning paper, you know that Senator Obama has clinched the Democratic presidential nomination. What you might not know is that yesterday, Senators Obama (D-IL) and Coburn (R-OK) introduced legislation to improve public access to government contract, grant, and lease information.
The "Strengthening Transparency and Accountability in Federal Spending Act of 2008" (S. 3077) would expand the Senators' first creation, USASpending.gov--a user-friendly web site where taxpayers can see how our money is spent.