As a part of its “No Taxation Without Information” National Campaign, the Sam Adams Alliance recently conducted an interview with Brett Narloch, Executive Director of the North Dakota Policy Council (NDPC). The NDPC has been at the forefront of government transparency with the development of its Sunshine on Schools website that was discussed on this site.

Click here to listen to the podcast with Jason Stverak of the Sam Adams Alliance and Brett Narloch of the NDPC as they discuss transparency, the NDPC and sunflowers back home in North Dakota.

The North Dakota Policy Council (NDPC) is a liberty-based think tank focused on North Dakota solutions to North Dakota’s problems. They provide credible nonpartisan expertise and research to help North Dakotans advocate policies that are based on individual liberty, individual responsibility, and limited government.

The NDPC seeks to broaden policy debates beyond the belief that government intervention should be the avenue of first, rather than last, resort. They believe that:

* Government can only give to one person what it takes away from another, and that the power to give presumes the power to take.

* Policies intended to affect one person or one group can affect all people and all groups, and that these unintended consequences often cause more harm to the many than any good done for the one.

* Freedom requires responsibility: where government largesse replaces individual foresight it destroys responsibility and, therefore, freedom.

* All times matter. Long-term consequences are as or more important than short-term impacts. Emotional reactions are not suitable substitutes for rational solutions.

I have been highlighting the efforts of the North Dakota Policy Council‘s (NDPC) Transparency effort to make the school board budgets in North Dakota more transparent with their Sunshine on Schools website.

I was pleased to see that another North Dakota school board member strongly endorsed the NDPC website.

From the NDPC newsletter:

Minto School District Superintendent Hody Mach along with ND State Representative & Edinburg School Principal both praised Sunshine on Schools, using words like “accurate” and “informative.” Mach said, “It’s nice to see all the DPI information that we have been sending in year after year. You have compiled it into a simple and accessible form.”

Brett Narloch and the NDPC Team are doing a great job on making North Dakota more transparent!

The praise continues to roll in for the North Dakota Policy Council’s (NDPC) Sunshine On Schools Transparency Website.This time the praise comes from a prominent elected official.

From the latest edition of the NDPC newsletter:

Here’s what North Dakota State Legislator and Edinburg School Principal Dave Monson said about Sunshine on Schools:

“I found the information on the Sunshine on School’s project to be very easy to read, accurate, informative, and useful. I am looking forward to the new updates and further information as it becomes available on the site. It is a great tool for school administrators!”

If you have not taken the time to visit the Sunshine on Schools website please do so today by clicking here.

Keep up the good work North Dakota!

I received my newsletter from the North Dakota Policy Council (NDPC) this morning and was very happy to see the praise the NDPC has received for it’s Sunshine on Schools Transparency Website.

As reported in the NDPC newsletter: Mackinac Center’s President Larry Reed: GREAT work… You’re doing some of the best transparency work in the country. Congrats!

I blogged about this great website earlier this week.

If you have not taken the time to visit the Sunshine on Schools website please do so today by clicking here.

Keep up the good work North Dakota!