Almost $4,000 to e.Republic Incorporated

The Department of Healthcare and Family Services spent almost $4,000 to attend conferences and events put on by e.Republic Incorporated

by Mark Cavers

Using the Institute’s transparency website, IllinoisOpenGov.org, I found that in 2008, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services paid e.Republic Incorporated $3,968.00 for registration expenses and conference fees.  “E.Republic is the nation’s leading publishing, research, event, and new media company focused on the state and local government and education markets.”  E.Republic hosts over one hundred conferences throughout the year, including one titled “Are You Spending Too Much?” as well as their annual conference, to which government employees receive free entrance to the Keynote address and the expo floor.

You can find this spending for yourself by going to IllinoisOpenGov.org, clicking on “Checks to Businesses & People” and searching for “E Republic” in the “vendor” section.