WASHINGTON – Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., Tuesday issued the following statement on the Office of Management and Budget’s announcement of a new website to track and comment on federal information technology spending:
“When I won enactment of the E-Government Act almost a decade ago, the federal government was a newcomer to the online world and had only just begun to think seriously about how to provide American taxpayers with valuable electronic services and information. All that has changed. The unveiling today of a new website to track federal IT spending marks another leap forward for open government, public accountability, and management efficiency and serves as a model to open up more information on federal spending. Now, with a mere click of the mouse, anyone who wants to can see and have their say about the decisions, successes, and setbacks of how their tax dollars are spent on IT projects.”
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