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Re:Steve Ballmer serves up a data trove about government spe... by dragonwriter on Tuesday April 18, 2017 @02:34AM (#14136914)
> There should be one (huge) annual spreadsheet published showing how much money came in (federal, state, and local levels), with a detailed accounting of where every penny went, just like I am required to do for my business to claim deductions.

Except for some things like certain national security parts that are specifically protected by law from detailed disclosure, federal, state, and most local governments make and publish those, though they aren't in the form of spreadsheets, and they aren't consolidated into a single national combined publication.

Re:Steve Ballmer serves up a data trove about government spe... by ekianjo on Tuesday April 18, 2017 @04:32AM (#14137255)
they could put a black box for such expenses and still give the detail for everything else.
Re:Steve Ballmer serves up a data trove about government spe... by mulletbum on Tuesday April 18, 2017 @08:32AM (#14138275)
Wouldn't people be able to deduce the spend on this black box section?
Re:Steve Ballmer serves up a data trove about government spe... by emddudley on Tuesday April 18, 2017 @08:47AM (#14138353)
Yes, and we already do. The security concern is more about individual items within the defense budgets.
Re:Steve Ballmer serves up a data trove about government spe... by pizza on Tuesday April 18, 2017 @09:59AM (#14138834)
Re:Steve Ballmer serves up a data trove about government spe... by samstave on Tuesday April 18, 2017 @11:42AM (#14139779)
One isue I have with this is that "national security" can be a blanket for bullshit...

for example, would they report on the purchase of Stingrays? License plate scanners that the municipalities 'require' private companies to install?