Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Cuomo's Government Accountability and Fraud Stop Act: School administrator salaries/benefits to be posted online

RIGHT TO KNOW: Cuomo: School administrator salaries/benefits to be posted online

It's no secret that public disclosure is an effective tool to make government more accountable to the people. But now, apparently, even the government is starting to figure it out.

In the latest series of press releases from state government in the past two weeks proposing all sorts of new open government initiatives, state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is hoping to use your right to know to make sure school boards aren't cheating the public on pensions, salaries or unnecessary contractual arrangements.

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