Obama Brings About Transparent Government

[Bullet1987]

Ever wanted to know where your money went?

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/12/15/54158/397/946/422120">Obama Helps Us Track $1,000,000,000,000

Americans had a hard time finding out where their hard-earned tax dollars went. Until 2 days ago.

Now, thanks to USAspending.gov, a site created by the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 by Tom Coburn and Barack Obama, anyone can discover the pockets of federal dollars. The site tracks contracts, grants, earmarks, and loans.

What can we dig up? Read on for 7 examples (contracts with KBR/Halliburton, Tom Delay's pork, no bid contracts with defense contractors and even the government of Canada, spending on guided missiles, maintenance of dams, and stranger things including flags, perfumes, and hand tools). I also talk about how this fits into Sen. Obama's broader plans to make government transparent.

I know that both John Edwards and Hillary Clinton have both spoken about cleaning up Washington and making government more open, and I applaud them for speaking up on these causes. One of the reasons I support Barack Obama is that he has been working on these issues for many years and has a very strong record on ethics reform and government transparency. The opening of the USAspending.gov site is another example of Obama's real results, and gives us confidence that Obama can and will follow through on cleaning up Washington, taking on special interests and lobbyists, and restoring Americans' trust in the federal government.

Obama should talk about this more so people will know it exists. http://www.usaspending.gov/index.php">USASpending.gov

[Adelante]

1. Thank you

I was looking for this, but somehow searching wrong. This is great. More than anything, open government is why I support Obama, the number one reason.

[Bullet1987]

2. I believe if he became President...you would see an unprecendented

level of transparency. I hope he strengthens the Freedom of Information Act too!!!

[BenDavid]

3. Obama, Bush redux 2000.....