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Monday, March 30, 2009
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Posted By John Grooms on Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 3:24 PM
Gov. Bev Perdue continues to impress with her deep grasp of the issues facing the state, and her energy in quickly implementing some of her campaign promises. As we wrote about at the time, Perdue announced a budget that actually made sense a couple of weeks ago, which already put her ahead of her predecessor, Mike Easley. She also launched a state Web site, ncrecovery.gov, that makes it easier for us to keep up with how North Carolina's share of federal stimulus money is being spent.
On her first day in office, Perdue issued an executive order to launch a Web site that would bring more accountability and transparency to state government, stating that, "in the 21st century, online access to information should be the standard for public information." We say good for the governor, and good for the rest of us.
Today, Perdue's executive order was put in place, as ncopenbook.gov was launched, providing a searchable database of approximately 5,000 state grants and 2,500 state contracts. More are on the way, as state agencies and departments have been told to streamline their databases so they can be included in ncopenbook.gov by the end of the year.
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