The Georgia Senate has unanimously passed a measure authored by Senator Chip Rogers (R-Woodstock) that will require all state spending be available on a searchable Web site.
Known as the Transparency in Government Act, Senate Bill 300 will allow anyone the opportunity to see where state taxpayer dollars are being spent.
"This legislation is simply good government. The taxpayers ought to have easy access to data showing where every dollar in state government is spent," said Sen. Rogers. "Public scrutiny of government spending is not only the right thing to do, but it is necessary for true fiscal discipline."
According to the Comptroller of the State of Texas, a similar transparency bill in that state saved Texas taxpayers more than $2.3 million last year alone.
The Georgia web site will be created by the Department of Audits and Accounts and must be operational by January 1, 2010.
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