Government spending may be revealed in DeKalb and Atlanta

By Katie Leslie

Oct 12, 2015

For those with questions about their elected officials' spending, DeKalb County and the city of Atlanta might have an answer: They're considering putting financial transactions online for all to see.

DeKalb officials plan to soon post all of the county's purchases, and the Atlanta City Council is contemplating a similar move as it updates its website this fall.

The DeKalb effort mirrors a recommendation in a report on government corruption that recommended putting all spending by commissioners and their staffs on a website.

A few Metro Atlanta cities, such as Alpharetta, Dunwoody and Milton, already publish their transactions, but larger governments in the area haven’t yet followed suit with checkbook-style spending.

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