After years of work on the Taxpayers Right-to-Know Act, Senator James Lankford (R-OK) applauded the public launch of the resource that will provide a federal inventory of programs provided by the federal government to ensure it is more transparent and accessible to the American people. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) launched the Federal Program Inventory (FPI) last week.
“Since my first day in Congress, I have focused on exposing government waste, fraud, and the blatant lack of transparency. Today is another win for ending waste and allowing the American people to see how their tax dollars are spent with the launch of the Federal Program Inventory. For the first time, there is now an online tool that allows Americans to quickly and easily search for information about every federal program that provides grants, loans, or direct payments.
“A new search tool may seem like a long overdue commonsense solution to many Americans, because it is. You cannot change what you cannot see, as of today Americans can now see the duplication and spending in their government which is the first step to making real change.”
