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South Dakota Lawmaker Pushes to Get State Spending Data Online

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· Story link A South Dakota lawmaker has introduced a bill to create a searchable Internet database with information on…

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A South Dakota lawmaker has introduced a bill to create a searchable Internet database with information on salaries and wages of state employees, vendor contracts capital expenditures, bond issue debt payments and other financial information. Rep. Hal Wicks said he felt taxpayers should have a single source of information on what government is doing. (1/19/08)

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