Transparency Pledge' Results Released: Candidates Asked to Pledge to 'Openness'
The Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy, the state's leading non-partisan foundation focused at improving state and local government, released results of a survey today on Government...
View ArticleGovernment Transparency in Virginia: How Localities Compare
How easy is it to find information you have a right to know on your local government website? A new study by Jeremy Beales and Michael Thompson reviews and rates Virginia's counties and cities on the...
View ArticleGovernment Transparency: Three Papers
With the continued expansion of the use of the internet, and with more technology available to Virginians, more and more taxpayers are demanding that government be transparent. The Governor's...
View ArticleThe Jefferson Journal: Prince William’s Discretionary Funds Should End...
By Michael Thompson "Open government" and "transparent government" are the current code words for "good government." So in today's world, shouldn't taxpayers' money be budgeted and not available as a...
View ArticleSpend the New Transportation Dollars Wisely!
Passage of the new transportation bill shifts the debate from a question of "Where are we going to get the money?" to "How are we going to spend the money?" Taxpayers need to make certain the new funds...
View ArticleAre your local candidates pledged to Transparency in Government?
The Thomas Jefferson Institute asked that question of 513 candidates for local office in Virginia for whom email addresses were available, asking them to pledge to support efforts to make government...
View ArticleThe Jefferson Journal: Stop the Problem Before It Begins
By Chris Braunlich With the General Assembly taking up policing reform in this summer's special session, there should be at least one bill stopping a problem before it begins. Provisions commonly found...
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