We need a change. We need to have accountability of our elected officials so they can be applauded when good decisions are made. And held responsible when they make bad decisions.
Americans have disagreed over the last ten years on the solution to this problem. Some have called for term limits; others want to restrict elected officials pay and benefits; still others want to push campaign money out of the system, as they believe it unduly impacts the decisions of elected officials.
We need a new approach to government that allows accountability, the ability to measure government program performance, and gives every citizen a chance to easily find out what government is doing on his or her own terms.
All fifty states have published some financial information on state web sites. But all fifty fall short of providing their citizens with complete, objective data and the financial information needed for everyday people to understand what is being spent and what results are being achieved. All fifty states suffer from one of several flaws we have found in our research:
