Illinois state government recently has taken some important steps toward greater transparency. However, the common activities of Illinois institutions are still often difficult for taxpayers to observe.
Great cartoon from the SJR.
The Department of Transportation spent a total of $956K on the wages for deck hands in 2008.
Call taker trainees received over $200,000 in wages in 2008.
The Springfield Journal-Register ran a story on May 20 that indicated the Illinois Policy Institute would post public employee performance reviews on IllinoisOpenGov.org. That is not the case, and the paper ran a correction.
In 2008, the Illinois State Board of Education spent $21.8 million on 335 consultants.
In 2008, the State of Illinois Spent over 17 million dollars on wages for employees in training programs.
Architects on the state payroll receive average annual wages of $84,335 in 2008.
The Teachers' Retirement System pays its employees over four million dollars more than the State Employees' Retirement System.
Coin counting clerks working for the State Toll Highway Authority received average wages of $55,050 in 2008.
In 2008, the state of Illinois paid library staff over $6 million in wages.
In 2008, library technicians on the state payroll received average annual wages over 60% higher than the average annual wages of library technicians in Illinois.
by Kate Piercy Yesterday Mayor Daley announced updates and “improvements” to the City of Chicago’s website, saying these changes would make his administration more transparent. The site includes more data about Freedom of Information (FOIA) requests, vendors, contracts, and city employees. The site is getting mixed reviews from some media and members of the public, reacting...
A quarter of a million dollars to plan the development of the Capitol.