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Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Washington Policy Center Op-Ed on Transparency of Gov't Spending

Jason Mercier of the Washington Policy Center recently had an op-ed piece he co-wrote published on Foxnews.com. The article concerns the public's current inability to find out any information on most pork-barrel projects. A (stunningly) bi-partisan proposal in Congress would create "Google government" where citizens can type search terms and find budget information. A darned good idea.

For more good ideas, see the Washington Policy Center's web page: www.washingtonpolicy.org.