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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
KansasOpenGov Launched
Thursday, October 22, 2009 10:53 AM
The Kansas Policy Institute, formerly known as the Flint Hills Center for Public Policy, yesterday launched KansasOpenGov.org According to the Institute, the website
(...) gives taxpayers an unbiased look at state government spending and other raw data and provides a forum for Kansans to add their own thoughts on the data. The information is provided directly by official government sources and allows users to mine data and narrow search results by selecting a variety of search parameters.
The site allows taxpayers to mine data from the state check register, payroll and retiree payments, employment contracts and legislative expenditures.
The site is modeled after the successful spending transparency sites first launched by free-market think tanks in Maine and New York. Delaware recently launched a similar website. It complements the state's transparency website KansasKanView launched in the wake of the passage of Rep. Kasha Kelley's transparency legislation.
Congrats to the Kansas Policy Institute on the successful launch. Check out the website here.
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