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Monday, October 18, 2010
Ind. Gov't. - "Auditor candidates want you to see what state spends"
Mary Beth Schneider writes today in the Indianapolis Star in a story that begins:
No matter which candidate wins the race for state auditor, one thing seems clear: Hoosiers can expect to see more information about state government online.ILB: This is good. Maybe this desire for transparency will catch on with the Indianapolis school superintendent, who wouldn't provide the entire detailed budget to the school board members this fall, and maybe it will also catch on with those school board members who have said they don't care. (See this ILB entry from Aug. 28, 2010.)Incumbent Tim Berry, the Republican seeking re-election, earlier this year unveiled a website, www.transparency.in.gov, on which people can look up state contracts, state employee salaries, budgets and other financial information for local and state governments.
Now he and his two challengers -- Democrat Sam Locke and Libertarian Eric Knipe -- all say they want to put even more information online so Hoosiers can know how their tax dollars are being spent.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on October 18, 2010 01:44 PM
Posted to Indiana Government