That is awesome. That is the beauty of making such programs more "open", and providing the data to the public.
It is a lot easier to hide corruption and incompetence behind secrecy than it is in a public forum. Now, how do we start holding them accountable for the bad data (and eventually for the bogus spending)? On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 3:33 PM, Gruss Gott <[email protected]> wrote: > > Watchdog.org, a collection of independent journalists covering state > and local government, has put together a Guide to the Stimulus, > District by (Phantom) District. Overall the group found that 440 > phantom districts in 50 states, the District of Columbia and four U.S. > territories received $6.4 billion and created or saved -- lets > consolidate to craved -- 30,000 jobs. That works out to $213,333 per > job. Think how much easier, not to mention transparent, it would have > been to hand out that kind of real money to real people who will spend > it! > > Its not only self-appointed watchdogs who have found problems with > the data set. The Government Accountability Office, the investigative > arm of Congress, issued its own report last week, citing a range of > significant reporting and quality issues that need to be addressed. > > http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601039&sid=aCgZM8CszQSg > > > http://watchdog.org/2009/11/17/your-guide-to-the-stimulus-district-by-phantom-d > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:308586 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
