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When former state Rep. Gene Whisnant, R-Sunriver, reflected back on what he achieved as a legislator, he would often bring up the Oregon Transparency Website created by the Legislature in
We get jittery when there’s talk in the Legislature about changing Oregon’s efforts at transparency.
We get jittery when there’s talk in the Legislature about changing Oregon’s efforts at transparency.
When it comes to government transparency, we are certifiably fixated. Journalists pretty much have to be because sometimes government is not. One of the state of Oregon’s efforts to be transparent is the Oregon Transparency website, oregon.gov/transparency. Oregonians owe thanks to former state Rep. Gene Whisnant, R-Sunriver, for getting the state to launch it. Budgets, salaries, meeting information, state rules, agency goals and much more are collected there in sort of a one-stop shop for information. Some parts of it work well. Some donât. Overall, itâs more translucent than tra...
When it comes to government transparency, we are certifiably fixated. Journalists pretty much have to be because sometimes government is not. One of the state of Oregonâs efforts to be transparent is the Oregon Transparency website, oregon.gov/transparency. Oregonians owe thanks to former state Rep. Gene Whisnant, R-Sunriver, for getting the state to launch it. Budgets, salaries, meeting information, state rules, agency goals and much more are collected there in sort of a one-stop shop for information. Some parts of it work well. Some donât. Overall, itâs more translucent than ...