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Siena Kaplan, Frontier GroupPedro Morillas and Emily Rusch, CALPIRG Education FundPhineas Baxandall, Ph.D., U.S. PIRG Education Fund
Table Of Contents
Executive Summary ...............................................................1Introduction .........................................................................5A Growing Movement: State GovernmentsEmbracing Web-Based Budget Transparency .................................7
ransparency 2.0 Initiatives Enjoy Broad, Bipartisan Support ................................................8ransparency 2.0 Is an Eective, Low-Cost ool .......................................................................9
Leading States Have Developed Best Practices ............................11
Comprehensive .............................................................................................................................11One-Stop .......................................................................................................................................15One-Click Searchable ..................................................................................................................16
California’s Transparency Web Site:A Good Foundation That the State Should Build on .......................18
Reporting ransparency in Government Web Site: A Good First Step ................................18Key Holes in ransparency Remain ...........................................................................................20Corporate Subsidies Should Be Reported .................................................................................20Quasi-Public and Independent Agency Contracts Should Be Reported ..............................22Contract Purposes Should Be Reported ...................................................................................22Contracts Should Be Browsable .................................................................................................24
Conclusion .........................................................................25Appendix: Transparency 2.0 States ..........................................26Endnotes ...........................................................................27
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