Tsarnaev Welfare Records Protected By Mass

Tsarnaev Welfare Records Protected By Mass — The Democrat-run government of Massachusetts has clamped down on requests to show the extent the Tamerlan and baby brother Dzhokhar Tsarnaev — the Boston child (and other) killers were supported by the nation’s taxpayers.

It has been confirmed that the Tsarnevs had electronic benefits transfer cards.  The bureaucrats, however, are citing the Islamic terrorists’ “right to privacy” and  refusing to answer requests as to whether they were getting Section 8 housing benefits, college assistance, government-paid cellphones, and unemployment compensation.

This nation is run by corrupt, gutless morons.

Daddies don’t name you kid Tamerlan, by the way. It would be like naming him Hitler or Stalin or Che.

 

Tsarnaev Welfare Records Protected By Mass

 

Tsarnaev Welfare Records Protected By Mass

Pa. Senate OKs Searchable Budget Database

The Pennsylvania Senate unanimously passed a bill creating a searchable internet-accessible database of all state and local government funding and spending, along with that of  independent state-affiliated agencies such as the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, the Commonwealth Financing Authority, the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency, the Pennsylvania Municipal Retirement System, the Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority, the State Public School Building Authority, the Pennsylvania Higher Educational Facilities Authority and the State System of Higher Education.

The news was tweeted by Sen Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi (R-9) at 4:10 this afternoon, June 28.

The bill, HB 15, returns to the State House for concurrence.

The bill directs the website, to be called PennWATCH, to be available by Dec. 31, 2012.

The site will include:

 

  • The name and address of the Commonwealth agency or other entity receiving funding and the applicable identifier and classification under the vendor identification system
  • The amount of the funding action or expenditure.
  • The agency initiating the funding action or expenditure.
  •  The applicable appropriation and the appropriation fiscal year from which the funding action or expenditure is made.
  • A counter to show the number of times the website is accessed.
  • The funding source.


The site will also show the total number of individuals employed by each Commonwealth agency as of the 15th day of the previous month, and list by the name, position title and current annual salary for each individual employed by each Commonwealth agency.

Pileggi also tweeted that the Senate passed SB 326, which provides for certification of birth for stillbirths and is now before the Governor for his signature.

Pileggi also tweeted that the Senate unanimously passed SB 995, which provides that all operators of oil and gas wells in the state provide GPS coordinates to the state Department of Environmental Protection and 911 centers.

He noted the Senate is now taking up HB 1485 which is the bill setting the state budget for next year.

 

Pa. Senate OKs Searchable Budget Database

Reform Bills Clear Senate Committees

Reform Bills Clear Senate Committees — Pennsylvania Senate Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi (R-9) tweeted, 4 p.m., April 6, that four pieces of legislation that he supports have received committee approval.

The bills are:

SB 101 that hikes the penalty for violations of the state Sunshine Act from $100 to $1,000 for the first offense and $2,000 for subsequent offenses, and prohibits the offender from being reimbursed with tax money.

SB 104 that mandates that all state-owned vehicles have an office use license plate and that all users of such vehicles be listed on state websites.

SB 106 that prohibits lame-duck voting sessions, which means votes would not be allowed from the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November through Nov 30 in even numbered years, unless a special session has been convened.

SB 109 that requires paid advertising by any Commonwealth agency include the statement “Paid for with Pennsylvania taxpayer dollars.”

 


Reform Bills Clear Senate Committees

Obama Nixes A Third Of FOIA Request

Obama Nixes A Third Of FOIA Request — In a style more akin to Hugo Chavez than Woodward and Bernstein, the Obama administration  rejected a third of Freedom of Information Act Requests last year.

Whatever could they be hiding?

 

Obama Nixes A Third Of FOIA Request

The Right To Know Where Dog Owners Live

Pennsylvania’s Right To Know law still has some bugs to be worked out.

The law, Act 3 of 2008, took effect Jan. 1, 2009, and was much-needed improvement over the existing Sunshine Act.

But then who could have guessed the implicit conflict between the right to protect the privacy of public school teachers and the right to know where dog owners lived?

Yesterday, Delaware County Daily Times columnist Gil Spencer described how Lauren Marks wanted to know where dog owners lived in four zip codes in Delaware County. Ms. Marks runs a pet-sitting service and was looking for potential customers. Businesses have long used lists of registered voters, taxpayers and real estate transfers for similar things.

Ms. Marks made requests in Montgomery and Chester counties without issue.

Delco, however, felt uncomfortable about releasing the information. County Clerk and Open Records Officer Anne Coogan checked with Solicitor Frank Catania, who recommended the request be denied citing a recent court injunction barring the release of the home addresses of public school employees.

Ms. Marks appealed and the state directed Delco to release the information — after removing the names of the public school employees.

This is a ridiculous and an almost impossible demand, especially since Spencer says state Open Records Officer Executive Director Terry Mutchler has expanded the rule to prohibit the release of the addresses of every public employee in the state.

Spencer says Senate Majority Leader Domenic Pileggi (R-9) is preparing a fix.

And may people wake up to the understanding that transparency is much better than hiding behind a false sense of privacy.

State Senate Contracts Still Off-line

The state open records law requires contracts worth more than $5,000 awarded since July 1, 2008 to be posted online and  a list of 66 Senate contracts and leases was expected to have been so done last August but has not apparently due to software compatibility. The Senate chief clerk’s office uses more-advanced software to electronically transmit documents than with what Treasury is equipped.

If documents are available on searchable public Web sites, citizens don’t have to file right-to-know requests from offices and wait for a response.

Americans Want Bills Online Before Vote

Americans Want Bills Online Before Vote — A new Rasmussen Reports national telephony survey shows that 83 percent of Americans think legislation should be posted online in final form and available for everyone to read before Congress votes on it sans emergencies. Six percent don’t and 10 percent aren’t sure.

So why doesn’t Congress?

Americans Want Bills Online Before Vote