Congress Saves on Online Contracts: Senate Makes Major Concession in Stripping Internet Posting Provision from Stimulus
Internet junkies and wonks alike may have jumped the gun in looking forward to the new online transparency hyped by House members who vowed to put contracts doled out from the $800 billion stimulus package online.
That promise, included in the initial House bill, was hailed by watchdog groups, who pointed to it as real reform in government contracting. However, in a major concession to government contractors, which opposed having the contracts made public, the final bill requires only a “summary of the contracts” to be posted online; and even the summaries will only be available for contracts worth more than $500,000.
Greg: The one thing I would change in what you said is that most of the money is going to the global banks and the big corporations that are friendly with politicians. There’s not much redistribution from working Joe to working Joe…it’s mostly going to the uber-wealthy.
The government does not work for the people, The government is there to redistribute the working Joe’s money around to other working Joe’s and MOST importantly, the owners of the companies they work for.
Transparency is only for those that WANT to be looked at.
In my business if I am not transparent, my patients do not get the intergtrated services they need for full recovery. In the wealth redistribution business the real players do not want to be seen.
It only leads us “working Joes” wonder what there is to hide.
So much for doing business differently!