Oklahoma Opens Its Books -
Spending Transparency Website Goes Live
Spending Transparency Website Goes Live
Great news for Oklahoma taxpayers!
The Oklahoma Office of State Finance today launched OpenBooks - the website created thanks to the passage of State Senator Randy Brogdon's Taxpayer Transparency Act earlier this year.
The website, which can be accessed at www.openbooks.ok.gov provides Oklahoma taxpayers with comprehensive information on how their tax dollars are spent.
“We are charged with being good stewards of the state’s resources,” said Sen. Brogdon, R-Owasso. “Making the appropriations process completely transparent and easily accessible to our citizens is simply the right thing to do, because in reality, every dollar the Legislature appropriates belongs to the citizens.”
Sen. Brogdon said the program was modeled on a new federal law by U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn which will allow citizens to track the use of federal dollars.
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