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For Immediate
Release
5/7/08
Contact:
Lesley Crozier
(717) 787-1349
Committee Approves Browne Bill to Open
Spending Records
Senate Bill 1350 would create PA Taxpayer
Transparency Act
The Senate Finance Committee today approved Senate Bill 1350,
the Taxpayer Transparency Act, according to Senator Pat Browne,
committee chairman and prime sponsor of the measure.
SB 1350 would direct the Office of Budget to create and
maintain a searchable budget database-driven website that the
public can access, for free, to obtain:
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Information on grants and contracts provided by government
agencies. All transactions above $25,000 would be
accessible to the public;
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Agency performance indicators and quarterly performance
results compared to these indicators;
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Agency line-by-line appropriation analysis including
user-friendly detailed monetary breakouts and detailed
narrative descriptions.
"Since the General Assembly has taken steps in the past few
months to improve the way we disclose information to the
residents of the Commonwealth, I feel that this legislation is
another important and essential step in that direction," Senator
Browne said.
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