Free Republic 3rd Qtr 2025 Fundraising Target: $81,000 Receipts & Pledges to-date: $15,561
19%  
Woo hoo!! And now only $639 from reaching 20%!! Thank you all very much!! God bless.

Keyword: ngocontracts

Brevity: Headers | « Text »
  • Push for Government Openness on Right and Left

    07/03/2006 12:41:26 AM PDT · by neverdem · 20 replies · 570+ views
    NY Times' Terrorist Tip Sheet ^ | July 3, 2006 | JASON DePARLE
    WASHINGTON, July 2 — Exasperated by his party's failure to cut government spending, Senator Tom Coburn, Republican of Oklahoma, is seeking cyberhelp. Mr. Coburn wants to create a public database, searchable over the Internet, that would list most government contracts and grants — exposing hundreds of billions in annual spending to instant desktop view. Type in "Halliburton," the military contractor, or "Sierra Club," the environmental group, for example, and a search engine would show all the federal money they receive. A search for the terms "Alaska" and "bridges" would expose a certain $315 million span to Gravina Island (population 50)...