Comments on: Eckstrom Proclaims 2009 “Year Of Transparency” http://www.fitsnews.com/2008/11/19/eckstrom-proclaims-2009-year-of-transparency/ Unfair ... Imbalanced Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:24:19 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Silence the Noise http://www.fitsnews.com/2008/11/19/eckstrom-proclaims-2009-year-of-transparency/comment-page-1/#comment-42328 Silence the Noise Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:17:44 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/?p=9110#comment-42328 love General Eckstrom......but he looks so much like Barney Fife love General Eckstrom……but he looks so much like Barney Fife

]]> By: ralph http://www.fitsnews.com/2008/11/19/eckstrom-proclaims-2009-year-of-transparency/comment-page-1/#comment-42326 ralph Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:53:09 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/?p=9110#comment-42326 Eckstom is the real deal. Transparency is a must if we want good government. And we NEED good government. Eckstom is the real deal. Transparency is a must if we want good government. And we NEED good government.

]]> By: sid http://www.fitsnews.com/2008/11/19/eckstrom-proclaims-2009-year-of-transparency/comment-page-1/#comment-42300 sid Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:06:40 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/?p=9110#comment-42300 How Little???, "but Eckstrom says that 'state agencies were spending far more than that' on their individual contracts, which forced his office to spend still more money extracting data from numerous different programs." See, the point is it cost $63 million once, rather than annually spending more than that to run multiple different contracts, plus the added cost of his office extracting the data. If Eckstrom's statement is accurate, then the savings (both short-term and long-term, apparently) will far outweigh the initial cost. Sounds like now is exactly the time for such cost-cutting efforts. How Little???,

“but Eckstrom says that ’state agencies were spending far more than that’ on their individual contracts, which forced his office to spend still more money extracting data from numerous different programs.”

See, the point is it cost $63 million once, rather than annually spending more than that to run multiple different contracts, plus the added cost of his office extracting the data. If Eckstrom’s statement is accurate, then the savings (both short-term and long-term, apparently) will far outweigh the initial cost. Sounds like now is exactly the time for such cost-cutting efforts.

]]> By: Philip Branton http://www.fitsnews.com/2008/11/19/eckstrom-proclaims-2009-year-of-transparency/comment-page-1/#comment-42293 Philip Branton Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:52:43 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/?p=9110#comment-42293 Once ALL county and City Governments transform to this NEW system it will be a WATERSHED in statewide OBSERVANCE from BLOGGERs and everyday watchdogs!! More input will be gained from quantifying the expenditures to be saved by harnessing New technologies in all forms to save MONEY for the STATE !!! Think about what happens when you can query "FUEL" and it will tabulate ALL FUEL that is bought in the state on the PUBLIC DIME !! Imagine the FARMS looking at that budget and SAYING "WOW ..I can grow Algae Bio-diesel and get at least half that MARKET with the MONEY staying right here in OUR state instead of going to HUGO or Ahab !! From what I've read around the STATE....DENNIS should RUN for Governor !! I just wonder if he has the BITE for the JOB !!! Here is my BLOG ...Sic http://www.thestate.com/personas/?plckPersonaPage=PersonaBlog&plckUserId=8e81a4e01811a4a7dee8ec4808d13838-7884&insiteUserId=8e81a4e01811a4a7dee8ec4808d13838-7884&sid=pluck.thestate.com Once ALL county and City Governments transform to this NEW system it will be a WATERSHED in statewide OBSERVANCE from BLOGGERs and everyday watchdogs!! More input will be gained from quantifying the expenditures to be saved by harnessing New technologies in all forms to save MONEY for the STATE !!! Think about what happens when you can query “FUEL” and it will tabulate ALL FUEL that is bought in the state on the PUBLIC DIME !! Imagine the FARMS looking at that budget and SAYING “WOW ..I can grow Algae Bio-diesel and get at least half that MARKET with the MONEY staying right here in OUR state instead of going to HUGO or Ahab !!

From what I’ve read around the STATE….DENNIS should RUN for Governor !! I just wonder if he has the BITE for the JOB !!!

Here is my BLOG …Sic
http://www.thestate.com/personas/?plckPersonaPage=PersonaBlog&plckUserId=8e81a4e01811a4a7dee8ec4808d13838-7884&insiteUserId=8e81a4e01811a4a7dee8ec4808d13838-7884&sid=pluck.thestate.com

]]> By: How Little??? http://www.fitsnews.com/2008/11/19/eckstrom-proclaims-2009-year-of-transparency/comment-page-1/#comment-42280 How Little??? Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:02:01 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/?p=9110#comment-42280 "How little it cost us" = $63 million. Across the street over here at State U., we cannot even get $63 from the state gov't to make ends meet. I understand the importance but was this a good time to spend $63 million on this while slashing public ed budgets drastically??? “How little it cost us” = $63 million.

Across the street over here at State U., we cannot even get $63 from the state gov’t to make ends meet.

I understand the importance but was this a good time to spend $63 million on this while slashing public ed budgets drastically???

]]> By: Gene E. Nowak http://www.fitsnews.com/2008/11/19/eckstrom-proclaims-2009-year-of-transparency/comment-page-1/#comment-42278 Gene E. Nowak Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:27:49 +0000 http://www.fitsnews.com/?p=9110#comment-42278 One small step, but it is down the right road. One small step, but it is down the right road.

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