Thursday, November 15, 2007
Tweet[IWS] THE STATE of STATE DISCLOSURE REPORT [15 November 2007]
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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Corporate Research Project of Good Jobs First
THE STATE OF STATE DISCLOSURE: An Evaluation of Online Public Information About Economic Development Subsidies, Procurement Contracts and Lobbying Activities [15 November 2007]
by Philip Mattera, Karla Walter, Julie Farb Blain and Michelle Lee
A report by the Corporate Research Project of Good Jobs First
November 2007
http://www.goodjobsfirst.org/news/article.cfm?id=375
See FULL-TEXT REPORT at
http://www.goodjobsfirst.org/pdf/statedisclosure.pdf
[full-text, 26 pages]
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Executive Summary 1
Introduction 8
I. Disclosure of Economic Development Subsidies 10
II. Disclosure of State Procurement Contracts 15
III. Disclosure of State Lobbyists and Lobbying Activities 18
IV. Conclusion 21
Acknowledgments 23
Endnotes 24
Appendices for each state with details on disclosure practices and scoring
methods can be found online at www.goodjobsfirst.org. That site also contains
pages with hyperlinks to all of the state disclosure Web sites.
Press Release 15 November 2007
Report: Open Government Lags Far Behind Technology; States Making Limited
Progress in Using the Web to Enhance the Public's Right to Know
http://www.goodjobsfirst.org/pdf/disclosurerelease.pdf
Washington, DC, November 15, 2007—State governments are improving their
transparency practices, but many are still not taking full advantage of
the Internet to inform the public. Online disclosure of corporate tax
breaks and other economic development subsidies lags far behind reporting
on procurement contracts and lobbying activities. These are the main
findings of a report entitled The State of State Disclosure released today
by the Corporate Research Project of Good Jobs First.
AND MUCH MORE.....
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
Corporate Research Project of Good Jobs First
THE STATE OF STATE DISCLOSURE: An Evaluation of Online Public Information About Economic Development Subsidies, Procurement Contracts and Lobbying Activities [15 November 2007]
by Philip Mattera, Karla Walter, Julie Farb Blain and Michelle Lee
A report by the Corporate Research Project of Good Jobs First
November 2007
http://www.goodjobsfirst.org/news/article.cfm?id=375
See FULL-TEXT REPORT at
http://www.goodjobsfirst.org/pdf/statedisclosure.pdf
[full-text, 26 pages]
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Executive Summary 1
Introduction 8
I. Disclosure of Economic Development Subsidies 10
II. Disclosure of State Procurement Contracts 15
III. Disclosure of State Lobbyists and Lobbying Activities 18
IV. Conclusion 21
Acknowledgments 23
Endnotes 24
Appendices for each state with details on disclosure practices and scoring
methods can be found online at www.goodjobsfirst.org. That site also contains
pages with hyperlinks to all of the state disclosure Web sites.
Press Release 15 November 2007
Report: Open Government Lags Far Behind Technology; States Making Limited
Progress in Using the Web to Enhance the Public's Right to Know
http://www.goodjobsfirst.org/pdf/disclosurerelease.pdf
Washington, DC, November 15, 2007—State governments are improving their
transparency practices, but many are still not taking full advantage of
the Internet to inform the public. Online disclosure of corporate tax
breaks and other economic development subsidies lags far behind reporting
on procurement contracts and lobbying activities. These are the main
findings of a report entitled The State of State Disclosure released today
by the Corporate Research Project of Good Jobs First.
AND MUCH MORE.....
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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