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S.C. Comptroller lets residents track stimulus spending on Web

Published Tuesday, September 22, 2009 3:15 PM

Summerville Journal Scene ®

South Carolinians who want to see where federal stimulus dollars are going can now do so with a few clicks of a mouse.

State Comptroller Richard Eckstrom recently announced that all individual expenditures of stimulus funds by state agencies are available on his office’s Web site, www.cg.sc.gov. Visitors to the site can click on the “Stimulus Spending Transparency” button on the left side of the home page.

South Carolina is one of just three states in the nation to post stimulus expenditures on the Web.

Details for stimulus spending will also soon be posted on the state’s official stimulus Web site, www.Stimulus.SC.gov, during an upcoming overhaul of the site.

More than a half-billion stimulus dollars of an estimated $3 billion have come through state government so far.

“The debt from this spending extends far into the future of our children and grandchildren, so we owe it to those future generations to ensure the funds are spent without impropriety and with accountability and transparency,” said Eckstrom.

“People deserve easy access to how this money is spent. Not only that, but when spending is done in the open, public officials are usually more accountable. They know their spending decisions will be examined by the public,” he said. “If transparency is important under ordinary circumstances, it’s even more critical with massive infusions of cash like this, which can invite opportunities for waste, mismanagement and even fraud.”

The stimulus-spending details will be updated monthly, Eckstrom said.

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