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UK: Local Transparency Success
Thursday, July 2, 2009 12:21 PM
by Mattie Duppler After the local transparency opposition in South Carolina we told you about yesterday, it’s heartening to hear that transparency advocates across the pond are having a little mores success. The town of Windsor & Maidenhead has decided to publish all their expenditures over £500. The UK’s conservative leader, David Cameron, has called on other councils to follow suit, declaring that municipalities have an even greater responsibility for transparency than the national government, for which he has proposed disclosure of all expenditures exceeding £25,000. Brown used the same arguments we make in support of transparency, citing the low price tag and possible savings associated with online disclosure of government expenditures. Hopefully we will see more local transparency successes here in the U.S. soon.
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