By Brad
The Public Online Information Act of 2010, submitted in Congress by Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY], would require the Executive Branch to “publish all publicly available information on the Internet in a timely fashion and in user-friendly formats.”
By Brad
The Washington Post reports on a new government website:
Vivek Kundra, the federal chief information officer, on Tuesday announced a new Web site designed to track more than $70 billion in government information technology spending, showing all contracts held by major firms within every agency.
The revamped site, USAspending.gov, was launched early this morning, and Kundra unveiled it at the Personal Democracy Forum conference on technology and politics. The site shows detailed information about whether IT contracts are being monitored and budgets being met.
The new website is the product of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006, which required the government to provide a searchable website detailing every Federal award.
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