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Cook County Check Register Live
Want to find out how Cook County is spending your tax dollars?
Check out its check register here and see where your tax dollars are going.
ABC 7′s I-Team found some interesting expenses of note, such as $6,243.75 to CROE …
Illinois State Sunshine Website
Illinois state government has created a useful one-stop shop website at www.sunshine.illinois.gov with the goal of bringing more transparency to the workings of your state government.
According to the website, the state created this resource by starting with “Sunshine …
Hoffman Estates Scores Big Transparency Win
The salary & benefit itemization form used by Hoffman Estates could become the new gold standard in salary & benefit transparency.
Almost $3,000 for Hot Sauce?
And, how much for those Soy Crayons? Or cooler rental?
$280 for the soy crayons.
Almost $5,000 for the cooler rental.
What do you think about Illinois state spending or want to know more about it? Check out more state …
Technology + Transparency = New Politics
Here’s an interesting take in the Huffington Post about the Internet’s continually growing role in politics. Jose Antonio Vargas discusses the impact the Internet has had in campaigns, grassroots organization, and the media, for example — and compels the reader …
Online Bidding for State Contracts Passes!
Great news about HB 379 (Procurement Reverse Auction) - which passed into law on Tuesday, August 18th and amends the procurement code for Illinois government. Now, state and local government can hold online reverse auctions for contracts, similar to how …
Accountability Portal Launched
For a look into Illinois state spending, check out the new transparency website, http://accountability.illinois.gov.
This site provides a good, first step towards more transparency in Illinois, but it still needs some work. For instance, it would be more helpful …
Transparency Comes to Illinois!
On Tuesday, August 11, Governor Pat Quinn signed spending transparency legislation—requiring a public, accessible website listing all state expenditures for taxpayers to see—into law.
The bill, called the Illinois Accountability Portal (HB35), passed both the House and Senate unanimously on …
Transparency Passes at the State Level!
Transparency bill HB35 passes both houses!
It’s a good day for Illinois — Rep. Mike Tryon’s transparency bill, HB35, has passed both houses — getting through the Senate unanimously after passing through the House unanimously on April 2, 2009.
Illinois …
