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Gov't transparency website faces private rival
The Hill ^
| 3/27/09
| Reid Wilson
Posted on 03/27/2009 4:09:25 PM PDT by Nachum
As critics slam the administration's Recovery.gov website for a lack of accessible data, a private company has launched a rival — Recovery.com.
Onvia, a 12-year old consulting group, started Recovery.com with the goal of providing real-time data on spending that comes out of the $787 billion stimulus bill.
"If the money is being spent now, we need folks looking at the dollars being spent now to flag anything that might be inappropriate or might be wasteful," Jerry Brito, a senior research fellow at George Mason University, told the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee
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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: govt; rival; transparency; website
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posted on
03/27/2009 4:09:26 PM PDT
by
Nachum
To: SumProVita; HardStarboard; BradyLS; Ernest_at_the_Beach; dervish; Twotone; Free ThinkerNY; ...
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posted on
03/27/2009 4:09:51 PM PDT
by
Nachum
(the complete list at www.nachumlist.com)
To: Nachum
"We need to come up with a workable solution to what information is needed, in what form that information is needed and how that information should be displayed," ... Maybe I can help.
I can send them an email everyday saying, "I have not got mine yet"!
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posted on
03/27/2009 4:32:35 PM PDT
by
Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: Nachum
wasteful ---> $122 million for the Ted Kennedy Memorial...
Why would anyone memorialize a murderer and a freak?
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posted on
03/27/2009 4:37:23 PM PDT
by
xtinct
("There's a sucker born every minute." P.T. Barnum)
To: xtinct
What?
A swimmer’s museum?
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posted on
03/27/2009 5:35:42 PM PDT
by
Califreak
(111th Congress: Destroying America With Reckless Abandon)
To: Califreak
MA is spending $122 million on a memorial to Ted Kennedy.
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posted on
03/27/2009 5:36:44 PM PDT
by
xtinct
("There's a sucker born every minute." P.T. Barnum)
To: xtinct
I’m surprised they’re not planning on putting him in a glass case.
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posted on
03/27/2009 5:40:50 PM PDT
by
Califreak
(111th Congress: Destroying America With Reckless Abandon)
To: Califreak
like Stalin... eeeks... saw that in Red Square memorial when I visited Russia in the mid 90s... very creepy...
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posted on
03/28/2009 1:17:25 AM PDT
by
xtinct
("There's a sucker born every minute." P.T. Barnum)
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