Online Transparency Efforts Coming Soon
Government transparency may be improved in Pennsylvania with the launch of PennWATCH, an online records database, in December.
By Melissa Daniels | PA Independent HARRISBURG — Realizing the fruits of Pennsylvania’s labor toward greater transparency is just weeks away. The state plans Dec. 20 to launch PennWATCH, an online database displaying financial information for state spending and investments, after about a year and a half of planning. Data will include expenditure descriptions, funding amounts, employee titles and salaries — much of the kind of information now accessed through Right-to-Know requests. Officials point to the database as a milestone for government transparency. Gov. Tom Corbett praised PennWATCH while speaking about what he considered accomplishments in the first half of his term. PennWATCH was created through legislation in the summer of …
