Aiken opens up financial docs

Aiken, SC was recently received public praise for posting financial information, including its check register, online.

The Augusta Chronicle reports:

Last year, [State General Comptroller Mr. Richard] Eckstrom had state spending information posted online and then launched a campaign to persuade local governments to post their expenditures on the Internet.

Aiken is among eight cities to have pushed through such an initiative. Mr. Eckstrom said he hopes more cities will realize it can be done and will follow the examples set by these eight.

Some transparency advocates used the event to push transparency for state legislature roll-call votes.