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September 26, 2006 – The Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act is signed into law. The act, often referred to as “Google for Government” was sponsored by Senators Tom Coburn (R-OK) and Barack Obama (D-IL). It creates a free, searchable web site – http://USASpending.gov — that discloses to the public all federal grants, contracts, loans and insurance payments.
June, 2008 – Obama and Coburn introduced new Senate legislation to expand the information available online to include details on earmarks, competitive bidding, criminal activities, audit disputes and other government information.
September 18, 2008 – Sarah Palin, at a rally in Cedar Rapids, Michigan, “As Alaska’s governor, I put the government’s checkbook online so that people can see where their money’s going. We’ll bring that kind of transparency, that responsibility, and accountability back. We’re going to bring that back to D.C.”
Rumor has it that Palin is now on Obama’s short list for the prestigious cabinet post of Secretary of the Department of Redundancy Department.
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She is a loose-lipped, talk first, think later kind of gal. Just what we need in the white house. (again)
Comment by druid43 September 22, 2008 @ 11:29 am