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The All-Payer Database is a Transparency Trojan Horse
Independence Institute
By Linda Gorman
Posted on March 10, 2010

State House Bill 1330 would create an "all-payer health claims database" in Colorado. Bill supporters claim government can reduce health care costs through "transparent public reporting of health care information." But, the bill is a transparency Trojan Horse. It will make your most personal actions transparent to government officials, who could view highly personal information collected from private medical records, insurer files and hospitals.

Student Summer Seminars on Liberty & Economics
Foundation for Economic Education
Posted on March 8, 2010

FEE's summer seminars are open to high school and college students. The week-long programs - held in Estes Park, Colorado, New York and Atlanta - provide an introduction to, or advanced study of, the principles of liberty and economics. Full seminar scholarships are provided to all successful applicants. Encourage students to apply promptly: The application deadline is March 31.

Reason Saves Cleveland with Drew Carey
Reason Foundation
Posted on March 6, 2010

This original Reason.tv documentary six-part series will air March 15-19. Each 10-minute episode analyzes the problems that turned Cleveland from the nation's sixth-largest city in 1950 into today's "Mistake On The Lake." A renaissance is possible - if city leaders and residents are willing to learn from cities such as Houston, Chicago, Oakland and Indianapolis when it comes to education, business climate, redevelopment and more.

Pension Reform: Patching the Hole in the Sinking Ship
North Dakota Policy Council
By Brett Narloch
Posted on March 5, 2010

Current and retired state and local public employees participating in the N. Dakota public pension system must come to grips with the fact that the system many of them are relying on for retirement is headed towards insolvency. Legislators will soon have to make tough choices about the future of the pension system. This report is a primer on the system and offers a solution, which includes making a defined-contribution plan more widely available.

O’Toole in Alaska to Address Smart Growth
Alaska Policy Forum
Posted on March 4, 2010

AFP hosts a March 10-13, three-city tour for Cato Institute senior fellow Randal O'Toole, who will address comprehensive planning and how it affects property rights, pocketbooks and our quality of life. The author of The Best-Laid Plans and Gridlock will visit Wasilla, Anchorage and Fairbanks, speaking before several groups during the trip. Admission to all events is free.

Intellectual Property's Impact On Jobs and the Global Economy
Institute for Policy Innovation
Posted on March 2, 2010

IPI's fifth annual World Intellectual Property Day policy forum takes place April 26 in Washington, D.C. Andrew Keen, author, Cult of the Amateur: How the Internet Is Killing Our Culture, has just been added to the roster of
speakers. A complimentary lunch will be provided. Seating is limited, thus please register to confirm your participation.

2010 State of the State - Ohio
Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions
By Matt Mayer and Mary McCleary
Posted on February 24, 2010

Over the past 19 years, Ohio added just 176,100 private sector jobs - but created an additional 75,100 government jobs. This helped make residents' state and local tax burden the seventh highest in the U.S. The tax climate for businesses: 47th worst in America. To spur job growth, Ohio must eliminate its anti-business policies and reduce the cost of government, or more Ohioans and businesses will migrate to where prosperity is a priority.

Building Empires, Destroying Homes: Eminent Domain Abuse in New York
Institute for Justice
Posted on February 22, 2010

Building Empires will help anyone to understand the complex, byzantine laws that allow eminent domain abuse to happen in New York as well as the issues surrounding the government's property-taking power. Moreover, the report highlights the stories that make up the state's reprehensible eminent domain history. But, to conclude, solutions are offered that the courts and Legislature can implement to ensure everyone keeps what is rightfully theirs.

CT Sunlight Project
Yankee Institute for Public Policy
Posted on February 19, 2010

Yankee's new transparency website, CTSunlight.org, experienced more than 13,000 visits and nearly 60,000 page views in its first five days. This online tool allows visitors to look at every line item of state government spending, discover how their tax dollars are being spent, and identify possible corruption and suggest ways to effectively reduce spending in Hartford. The website includes information about payment to retirees.

Tax Foundation Speakers Bureau
Tax Foundation
Posted on February 17, 2010

The Foundation's staff members produce the latest research in many areas of federal, state and local taxation and are available for speaking engagements on a variety of tax topics. The presentations are available to all organizations, whether the members are business leaders, taxpayer watchdogs, policy experts, interested citizens or students.Honoraria are not charged for speakers.

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