{"id":7032,"date":"2012-03-15T11:36:53","date_gmt":"2012-03-15T15:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/?p=7032"},"modified":"2012-03-15T11:37:41","modified_gmt":"2012-03-15T15:37:41","slug":"report-nh-barely-passes-on-government-spending-transparency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/2012\/03\/15\/report-nh-barely-passes-on-government-spending-transparency\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: NH Barely Passes On Government Spending Transparency"},"content":{"rendered":"
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New Hampshire's no longer failing in transparency ratings...but not by much<\/p><\/div>\n

New Hampshire has a long history of frugality.\u00a0 And with the current crop of spending hawks in the legislature, that sense of thrift has only intensified<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But you’ll have a hard time if you want to keep tabs on state spending online.<\/p>\n

That’s according to “Following The Money 2012<\/a>,” a report published by the clunky-titled US Public Interest Research Group Education Fund<\/a>.\u00a0 US PIRG analyzed and rated the ability of citizens to check up on government spending in each state.\u00a0 And as Joseph Cote of the Nashua Telegraph<\/em> writes<\/a>, with its D- grade, the Granite State is a hair’s breadth from failing:<\/p>\n

“New Hampshire\u2019s grade is an improvement from last year when it was one of six states to get a failing grade.<\/p>\n

Since the last report, New Hampshire has added a checkbook feature on TransparencyNH<\/a>, which lets users see payment information to vendors from 53 state departments and agencies dating back to July 2008…<\/p>\n

However, it\u2019s difficult to find specific payments because the State Expenditure Register isn\u2019t searchable, according to NHPIRG.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But on this particular issue, New Hampshire isn’t much different from most of New England.\u00a0 In fact, the region is over-represented in the D- bracket, making up half of these grades nationwide.\u00a0 US PIRG assigned Maine, Rhode Island and Vermont D-‘s as well.<\/p>\n

The only New England standouts were Massachusetts, with an A-, and Connecticut, with a solid B.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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