Article: Financial transparency sweeps across nation; States shed new light on records.(PAGE ONE)

Byline: David M. Dickson, THE WASHINGTON TIMES

When Texas Gov. Rick Perry began posting all of his office expenses on the Internet two years ago, he kicked off the financial transparency trend that many state and local governments now are joining.

In 2006, the items listed by Mr. Perry, a Republican, ranged from how much he paid his secretary to how much he spent for lunch.

Texas Comptroller Susan Combs quickly expanded the program to cover more than a dozen state agencies, and state Rep. Mark Strama, a Democrat, then led a bipartisan drive to codify Mrs. Combs' efforts into a statewide law.

Since then, 11 other states - Kansas, Oklahoma, Hawaii, Minnesota, ...

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