Let's Google Our Tax Dollars

Earlier this year U.S. Senator Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) teamed up with Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) to push through federal legislation creating a searchable Internet database to track the recipients of all federal funds. Today in The Oklahoman, Dr. Coburn and I make the argument that this sort of searchable website isn't merely a good idea for the federal government, it's also a good idea for the state government. The article is online here.