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Bill Shines Faster Light On Federal Government Spending

‘In a free society, you can’t have accountability without visibility,’ said John Hart, CEO of Open the Books.

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On this Sunshine Week, a bipartisan transparency bill aims to shine light on the dark corners of the federal government. 

The Expedited Transparency Act bolsters the bipartisan effort that created USASpending.gov in 2006, the official open data source of spending information for the U.S. government. The bill dramatically speeds agency reporting deadlines from 30 days to three days, moving the leviathan government closer to the ultimate goal of open government advocates: real-time transparency. 

“Right now, the American people are forced to wait a month before they can see how their tax dollars are being disbursed, a delay that undermines accountability and leaves the public in the dark,” said Rep. Jimmy Panetta, a California Democrat, in a statement to The Federalist. “With this commonsense reform, we can take a meaningful step toward a more transparent and trustworthy federal government.”

The U.S. Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee held a hearing that addressed the bill Wednesday, at which ranking member........

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