Looks Like Database of Federal Government Spending Coming Soon
We've been posting about this possible federal database since June when the U.S. House passed legislation for a database that would track only grant spending. Now, the House and Senate have reached an agreement to allow for a much more expansive database.
A far-flung coalition of groups across the political spectrum supports the idea and their efforts were rewarded Thursday as the Senate passed a bill to build a Google-like search engine to allow people to track online approximately $1 trillion in federal grants, contracts, earmarks and loans…The House passed a narrower version of the measure in June. The House version would allow searches of grants - which often go to nonprofits - but not contracts awarded to businesses.
U.S. House leaders announced Friday that an agreement has been reached on legislation pushed by Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., to create a database the public can use to track billions of dollars in both federal grants and contracts. House Majority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, said he plans to schedule a vote on the language next week.
See Also: Although Google is used as a verb in one of the articles (be careful), don’t forget the MUCH improved and very useful FirstGovSearch powered by MSN with dynamic clustering and other useful tools from Vivisimo. It’s a very useful product.
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