Sunday, November 29, 2009

The transparency test: How easy is it to track how county governments spend your tax dollars?

A great study of transparency at DuPage County.

Campaigne Piercy knows that counties aren't looking to add programs in down economic years. But she says this is transparency that can be accomplished easily.

"I think that's the general perception of that it's a big undertaking," she said. "Basically all they need to do is turn their board packets that they have every month into a PDF (a scanned copy of a paper print out). It takes five minutes."

Click on the following for more on this story:  The transparency test :: The Courier News :: Local News

No comments: