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Section 1604 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (AARA) specifically prohibits funds from flowing to certain entertainment and recreation projects.

Does a casino, aquarium, zoo, golf course, or swimming pool sound like recreation or entertainment to you?…

According to the Chicago Tribune, a new Congressional report called “Summertime Blues” shows stimulus funding has gone to buy iPods for high school students, cell phones for smokers trying to quit, and advertising for the stimulus itself.

Although promising the public would have five days to look at every bill online before signing it into law, Obama has signed the health care bill just 36 hours after it passed the House.

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The SouthtownStar has been looking into south suburb school district spending over the last week amid growing talks of teacher layoffs and cutting school programs. The paper sent FOIA requests to 18 towns and 25 school districts asking…

What about that pledge for C-Span transparency?

Public support for the health care bill continues to fall, and President Obama’s accounts of unfulfilled promises of televised health care negotiations may start to put the pressure on.…

During the past year, the Federal Reserve “created $2 trillion of assets and debts to rescue the nation’s financial institutions.”

Taxpayers have no idea how this money is being spent, but they have every right to know who received what…

Without the quick release of government records on the Cash for Clunkers program, there is no way to know whether or not the program is a success.

Transparency took center stage in Obama’s first days as President of the United States. His initial actions reveal promising signs that his administration will shine more light into government spending and decision-making.

As noted in the Washington Post, Obama said…