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 [...]
Tag Archives: Successful Transparency
Illinois State Sunshine Website
Illinois state government has created a useful one-stop shop website at www.sunshine.illinois.gov with the goal of bringing more transparency to the workings of your state government. According to the website, the state created this resource by starting with “Sunshine Week’s list of 20 top categories that serve the public interest; over time, this portal will [...]
Hoffman Estates Scores Big Transparency Win
The salary & benefit itemization form used by Hoffman Estates could become the new gold standard in salary & benefit transparency.
Almost $3,000 for Hot Sauce?
And, how much for those Soy Crayons? Or cooler rental? $280 for the soy crayons. Almost $5,000 for the cooler rental. What do you think about Illinois state spending or want to know more about it? Check out more state spending details at www.illinoisopengov.org!
Government Spending Database Just for You, Taxpayer.
IllinoisOpenGov.org has launched!
Technology + Transparency = New Politics
Here’s an interesting take in the Huffington Post about the Internet’s continually growing role in politics. Jose Antonio Vargas discusses the impact the Internet has had in campaigns, grassroots organization, and the media, for example — and compels the reader ask: What will be next? Transparency has give more leverage to the public, and as [...]
Online Bidding for State Contracts Passes!
Great news about HB 379 (Procurement Reverse Auction) – which passed into law on Tuesday, August 18th and amends the procurement code for Illinois government. Now, state and local government can hold online reverse auctions for contracts, similar to how you bid on eBay. Bidding online will create more competition among government contractors and help [...]