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Chicago Tribune Offers Help
Liberty Leaders and general public,
The Chicago Tribune has initiated a great project, “Your Government in Secret,” which provides a helpful guide to navigating the often-confusing Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) process. Check it out, and use it!…
Transparency Cost
The Mercatus Center recently released a helpful report about the cost of state transparency initiatives, which you can find here.
Concerns about the cost of implementing transparency often come up, but, as you’ll see, cost does not have to be …
Cook County Transparent!
Cook County taxpayers are due for some good news…and some came today!
Cook County Commissioner Tony Peraica has successfully passed his transparency resolution!
“This is a victory for the county taxpayers, as well as everyone who believes in reform and
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Transparency Causes Traffic
posted by: Ana-Maria Sinitean
After Liberty Leader, Brian Costin, started a new program of putting notes online before Schaumburg Village meetings, more people have visited the site and online traffic increased significantly. In just a matter of days, interested residents …
Model Leadership in Geneva
Citizen activist, Robert McQuillan, 52,has participated in school board meetings for seven years and questioned board members about taxes and spending. Now, he has successfully persuaded School District 304 to post its check registry online.
The Kane County Chronicle covered …
Why Isn’t Everyone Doing This?
Kudos to Bob Grogan indeed – see this letter to the editor in the Daily Herald. Tower Lakes resident, Michael Woloshin, makes a crucial point and one you should ask of your own local government (and representatives in the legislature)!!…
County of DuPage Transparent – 1st in Illinois
The County of DuPage has made itself the first county in Illinois to implement transparency and post all expenditures online in an itemized database. This marks a positive step in the direction of good government, and other counties should follow …
Another State Beats Illinois to the Punch
Georgia recently launched a new transparency website which provides a gateway for the public to find information and key documents about how the state spends tax dollars. The site, Open Georgia, puts another state ahead of Illinois in the transparency
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New Transparent School District – Riverside Brookfield
Posted by Kate Campaigne
A big thanks to Riverside Brookfield High School D208 for joining the list of transparent government bodies in Illinois! And, thank you, Adam Andrzejewski, for your continued hard work!
What school district will be next? County …
Illinois Government Needs An X-Ray Machine
Imagine you’re about to have heart surgery. Would you want your doctor operating on your heart in the dark? Or without looking at your x-ray first? Without an x-ray, he wouldn’t know where to operate, the severity of your sickness …
