Idaho’s state controller, Brandon Woolf, has announced the designation of August as Idaho Transparency Month. This statewide initiative aims to celebrate Idaho’s commitment to open government and provide tools and resources for citizens to better understand how their government operates.
Transparent Idaho
Woolf’s office maintains a website called Transparent Idaho, which offers budget data from state and local governments, including public employee salaries. The controller’s office will also sponsor stakeholder discussions, share transparency tips, and conduct outreach to hear from Idahoans about their attitudes towards government transparency.
According to Woolf, transparency is crucial in building trust between the government and its citizens. He emphasized that transparency is not just about providing information, but also about earning and maintaining the public’s trust.
Original reporting: Idaho Education News — read the source article.
