Below are a collection of links and resources related to government transparency.
SPN Member Organization's Transparency Websites
- Alabama Policy Institute: Right to Know
- Alabama Policy Institute: Stand and Deliver
- Bluegrass Institute
- Carolina Transparency
- Commonwealth Foundation: Open PA Gov
- Commonwealth Foundation: Please No More Taxes
- Empire Center for New York State Policy: SeeThroughNY
- Ethan Allen Institute
- Evergreen Freedom Foundation: TaxSleuth
- Georgia Public Policy Foundation
- Georgia Public Policy Foundation: Report Card
- Goldwater Institute
- Idaho Freedom Foundation
- Illinois Policy Institute
- Independence Institute
- John Locke Foundation
- Mackinac Center
- Mississippi Center for Public Policy
- Montana Policy Institute
- Ocean State Policy Research Institute: Transparency Train
- Pacific Research Institute: School Finance Center
- Pacific Research Institute: CaliforniaVotes
- Pioneer Institute: Mass. Open Books
- Public Interest Institute
- Show-Me Institute
- Texas Public Policy Foundation
- Caesar Rodney Institute
- Montana Policy Institute: SchoolsOpenMT
- North Dakota Policy Council: Sunshine on Schools
- Caesar Rodney Institute: DelawareSpends
- Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy
- Kansas Policy Institute: Kansas Open Gov
- MacIver Institute
- Maine Heritage Policy Center
- Montana Policy Institute
- Pelican Institute
- Rio Grande Foundation
- Tennessee Center for Policy Research
- Yankee Institute
- Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions
- Commonwealth Foundation
- Grassroot Institute of Hawaii
- Mackinac Center for Public Policy
- Maine Heritage Policy Center
- Mississippi Center for Public Policy
- Ocean State Policy Research Institute
- Pacific Research Institute
- Public Interest Institute
- Rio Grande Foundation
- South Carolina Policy Council
- Tennessee Center for Policy Research
- Washington Policy Center
SPN Member Organization's Transparency Briefings & Articles
- James Madison Institute - Transparency in Government Spending: An Idea Whose Time Has Come for Florida
- Cascade Policy Institute - Lack of Transparency at the Oregon Health Plan: Simple Questions, Difficult Answers
- Cascade Policy Institute - How Much Does Oregon Spend Per Student?
- Cascade Policy Institute - Parking Space Tax Failsthe Transparency Test
- John Locke Foundation - Fiscal Transparency in North Carolina: A Survey of State and Local Governments
- Nevada Policy Research Institute - Nevada's hidden spending: Transparency should be a higher priority in the Silver State.
Other Useful Reference Sites
- Sunshine Review
- Follow the Money
- Project Vote Smart
- Show Me the Spending
- Watchdog.net
- Govtrack.us
- Georgia Transparency in Government Act
