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A bill introduced by Sen. Patrick Browne, the PA Taxpayers Transparency Act, would shine a bright light on the way Pennsylvania awards grants and contracts. Lack of transparency and accountability is a problem in the allocation of state spending and tax expenditures. Too often public officials make deals involving government expenditures or contracts that benefit powerful special interests over the public, sometimes favoring large campaign contributors. The lack of access to usable information prevents the public from holding public officials accountable. Wasteful spending often goes unnoticed and special giveaways remain invisible to the public and even to government watchdogs.
