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I-JOBS site launches new interactive tracking tool

By Jason Hancock 11/6/09

The website designed to allow citizens to track how and where funds are being allocated as part of the $830 million I-JOBS infrastructure plan now includes an interactive tool to improve transparency, Gov. Chet Culver announced Thursday.
In June, Culver’s deputy chief of staff, Phil Roeder, told The Iowa Independent that 100 percent transparency was one [...]

Murphy leads effort for accountability in Iowa’s federal stimulus spending

By Jason Hancock 10/1/09

The federal government is expected to shower Iowa with more than $2.5 billion as part of the economic recovery program passed by Congress this year, and every dollar must be accounted for. Much of that task rests on the shoulders of Jon Murphy, director of the Iowa Office of State-Federal Relations.

State launches I-JOBS site

By Jason Hancock 6/16/09

The Web site state officials say will allow Iowans to track how every penny of Gov. Chet Culver’s $830 million bonding plan is spent has been launched.
The site, ijobsiowa.gov, will be the official home of information about the I-JOBS infrastructure improvement program. In an interview with the Iowa Independent earlier this month, Phil Roeder, Culver’s [...]

Transparency key to success of I-JOBS, says Culver adviser

By Jason Hancock 6/3/09

The success or failure of Gov. Chet Culver’s $830 million I-JOBS program will be determined, in part, by how open the process is to the public, according to one of the governor’s key advisers.

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