an effort to create searchable online databases for government expenditures
a tool to highlight the hypocrisy of tax hikers
Constitutional or statutory requirement to rein in growth of revenues end expenditures
a commitment made by elected officials and candidates for elected office never to raise taxes
Raising the bar for tax increases
Requiring a cool-off period for all bills with a fiscal impact
pork-barrel spending - the broken windows of the budget
The Kansas state spending transparency portal KanView, created thanks to the efforts of State Rep. Kasha Kelley and other transparency advocates in Kansas, has now been expanded to include salary information. Check it out here.
Kansas is one of the states that opted for the creation of a transparency board which regularly deliberates how to improve the website. The state of Utah has a similar board overseeing the state's transparency website.

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