Showing posts with label Government. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Government. Show all posts

Monday, February 19, 2007

65,000 Employees, 2 Days, 1 Million Visitors: West Virginia's Auditor Shows Power of Price Transparency

To demonstrate the power of price transparency (or in this case salary transparency) just look at the stats reported in today's Daily Mail on the decision by West Virginia's State Auditor, Glen Gainer to publish on the West Virginia State Auditor's website the compensation of each of West Virginia's 65,000 employees.

According to the article the website received over 1 Million visitors over a two day period last week. That's one hit for every two residents of West Virginia. WOW!

Another great example of the transparency that can occur when public information is really made public through easily accessible means.

For another interesting perspective on transparency -- check out this health care example over at Running a Hospital. Read this post and this post by Paul Levy, CEO of Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital in Boston.

Tip to Lawrence Messina at Lincoln Walks At Midnight whose post first alerted me to the Auditor's decision to post public employee salary information.

Monday, January 29, 2007

New WV Blog: Lincoln Walks At Midnight

A new West Virginia blog, courtesy of Oncee, who has the uncanny ability to sniff out and spot Mslogs (Mountain State Blogs).

Lawrence Messina, who covers the Statehouse beat for the AP, is now blogging at Lincoln Walks At Midnight: A Just-The-Facts Approach to Politics and Government in the Moutain State of West Virginia. Great URL: MyWVHome.

On behalf of the Wild and Wonderful bloggers of the Mountain State -- Welcome!