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2009 Campaign:  Show Me the Money!


President Obama’s insistence on transparency and accountability in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (stimulus effort) is visionary and praiseworthy.   However, the need for rapid spending of public funds under the Stimulus exponentially heightens the risk of waste and malfeasance, threatening the very purpose of the stimulus effort.   Although the government website, www.recovery.gov, promises to provide information in contracting and contract execution, the public has few details on how initial decisions will be made and how funds will be allocated—a critical phase that will affect the success and credibility of the program.

Recovery.gov should prominently feature a user-friendly map of the local, state, and federal offices that are making the allocation decisions, the processes being followed, what funding options are on the table, and criteria for choosing between them.   As citizens who want to play an accountability function, we need to know where to look, whom to watch and how to register our concerns.  

Act Now:  Call on your government officials to show you how your tax dollars are being spent.  Send a letter (like the sample letter below) to your elected officials, or publish in your blog or on your local paper. 

Dear X,


I write to express my support for transparency and accountability in the Stimulus, and to insist that information be made public in a timely and user-friendly fashion throughout the entire process.

The government must provide a clear roadmap of how decisions are being made and who is making them.  Recovery.gov should prominently feature a user-friendly map of the local, state, and federal offices that are working together to make the allocation decisions, the processes being followed, what funding options are on the table, and criteria for choosing between them.   Citizens must have an opportunity to register views. We need to know where to look, whom to watch and where to voice our concerns.

Regards,

NAME

Send a letter to:

  • The White House
  • Your State Governor’s Office
  • Your elected officials in Congress
    • Find contact information for your Representative here.
    • Find contact information your Senator here.

Write Us!  Let us know:

  • You sent a letter.
  • Your concerns about a spending initiative in your area.
  • Your concerns about the integrity of your local government.
  • If you want to work on tracking the stimulus funds.

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