November 26, 2009
Editorial blasting CDCR for “slipshod” accounting in stimulus $$$ job-saving numbers
Slipshod accounting for federal stimulus spending is flatly unacceptable. Taxpayers deserve to know where their money is going, and policymakers need the information to judge the effect of such spending. So the Obama administration needs to provide stronger oversight of the reporting on jobs created or saved by the money.
Clearer rules, standardized measurements and better review by federal agencies would help weed out a lot of the errors that have crept into the stimulus job count. But taxpayers should also recognize that the debate over what those numbers mean is more political than factual…
LINK - PE.com (The Press-Enterprise)
