SB 105 Taxpayer Transparency Act
Opinion: Shining some light on Pa. spending
May 03, 2009 |
Harrisburg seems poised to make state government
more accountable and transparent. Yes, that's
right. Harrisburg. Accountable. Transparent. All
in one sentence. This week, the state Senate is
expected to vote on the Taxpayer Transparency
Act, which would create a searchable Web site
that would let Pennsylvanians track state
expenses and contracts by June 1.
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Slow and steady on Sunshine Reform – Maybe this year
April 30, 2009 |
This week saw movement on Senate Bill 101, a bill
to strengthen the penalties for willful
violation of the state Sunshine Law. The
bill is a good initial reform, but the
opposition shows that more is needed.
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Bills would boost spending transparency
March 06, 2009 |
At least 11 states — Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho,
Illinois, Iowa, Montana, Ohio, Oregon,
Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Wyoming — are
considering or recently have considered
legislation to create online budget and spending
databases. They could join more than a dozen
other states which have passed similar
legislation or issued executive or department
orders since 2007. Read
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Pennsylvania's Republican senators renew push for reform
January 22, 2009 |
HARRISBURG -- Senate Republicans launched a new
effort Wednesday to enact 10 reform bills that
died last term. Read
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GOP reform bills would post state spending on Web
January 22, 2009 |
HARRISBURG -- Senate Republicans envision a
searchable database on state spending to allow
people to look up specific purchases by agencies
and across state government. Read
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State GOP senators pushing 'legislative reform bills'
January 22, 2009 |
HARRISBURG -- State Sen. Jane Orie, R-McCandless,
says she wants to end "old-fashioned, pay-to-play
politics" by stopping politically connected
consultants from getting no-bid state contracts.
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Senate GOP reintroduce reform measures
January 22, 2009 |
HARRISBURG – Senate Republicans reintroduced a
package of 10 reform bills Wednesday, 9 of which
were approved by the Senate but not the House
last session. Read
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Legislature sharing information online
January 15, 2009 |
From streaming video of debates to listings of
obscure committee votes, the state Legislature
has kept pace with a national trend and put more
information online in recent years. Yet some
watchdogs and lawmakers say the Legislature can
do more to satisfy an Internet-savvy public in an
era when government accountability counts.
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