From Sioux City Journal:

Iowa Republicans unveiled two legislative proposals Thursday they hope would provide more government transparency and accountability to taxpayers.

State Sen. Kim Reynolds, R-Osceola, said the Legislature should adopt a taxpayer transparency act that would establish state and local budget databases so that Iowans could more easily see how they are taxed and where that money is going.

State Rep. Doug Struyk, R-Council Bluffs, said a second idea is to create a division of accountability and analysis within the non-partisan Legislative Service Agency that would have the task of analyzing and reviewing programs to gauge their cost and effectiveness. Once that was done, the new watchdog division would recommend to the Legislature whether the program should continue to be funded.

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