What is your school district spending money on? Check out some new spending data available on our spending transparency website, IllinoisOpenGov.org. We have included school vendor information for you to check out! We’ll also be updating current information (Payroll, Checks to Businesses & People, Retiree Data) soon, so keep a eye out for that too.
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School Districts: A Friendly Reminder
A friendly reminder to all school districts in Illinois: HB2235 passed in August last year, giving all school districts in Illinois until July 1, 2010 to “report the base salary and benefits of the school superintendent, all administrators and teachers by July 1, starting in 2010. The information, including vacation and sick days, bonuses and [...]
Cook County Check Register Live
Want to find out how Cook County is spending your tax dollars? Check out its check register here and see where your tax dollars are going. ABC 7′s I-Team found some interesting expenses of note, such as $6,243.75 to CROE TV (which stands for Coalition for the remembrance of the honorable Elijah Muhammad, the leader [...]
Public Online Information Act
Congressman Steve Israel (NY-02) has introduced transparency legislation called the Public Online Information Act (POIA) which, according to the Sunlight Foundation, “embraces a new formula for transparency: public equals online. No longer will antiquated government disclosure practices bury public information in out-of-the-way offices and in outmoded formats.” The legislation requires Executive Branch agencies to publish [...]
Chicago Board of Education Credit Cards Canceled
Thousands of dollars in artwork, limos, expensive meals and liquor charges by employees of the Chicago Board of Education, such as former presidents Michael Scott and Rufus Williams, along with their staff, have come under scrutiny, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. Chicago Public Schools CEO Ron Huberman has canceled the credit cards of 89 Chicago Board [...]
Department of Commerce Leases $251,829 Worth of Computers
From Illinois Open Gov: In 2008 and 2009 (by the time of our FOIA requests), the Department of Commerce spent $251,829 on leasing computers. In 2008 they spent $155,126.60 and in 2009 an additional $96,702.79. The Department rents laptops, monitors and desktop PC’s from IBM Corporation and Hewlett Packard Company. More information on the duration [...]
Government Spending Database Just for You, Taxpayer.
IllinoisOpenGov.org has launched!