Major change could come out of Houston ISD procurement audit
By Mike Cronin | Texas Watchdog
HOUSTON – If the response by Houston schools officials to past audits is any indication, district parents and residents could see major changes to the school system’s procurement practices during the next few months.
Houston school district trustees president voted on millions of dollars in contracts involving close friend’s firms
By Lynn Walsh
When the Houston Independent School District has a problem, it increasingly looks to Nicole West to solve it.
Need schools painted or fences installed? HISD hired Nicole West’s firm Westco. Need security cameras and burglar alarms installed at schools? It hired Westco. Need drapes dry cleaned for a school auditorium? It paid Westco to [...]
Congress, Ariz. school district sues taxpayers to stop questions
State finds repeated violations of government transparency laws
Mark Flatten
Goldwater Institute Watchdog Report
The Goldwater Institute Watchdog Report is a periodic publication intended to identify government corruption and waste and to hold politicians and public agencies accountable to taxpayers.
A handful of taxpayers in a small community north of Wickenburg, Arizona are being targeted by the local school [...]
Citizen Watchdog Reveals Schoolhouse Squander
From Kansas Watchdog:
A citizen watchdog in Liberal, KS used the Kansas Open Records Act to learn about travel expenditures by school administrators in USD 480.
Last week The Southwest Times reported about a town hall meeting where citizen Steve Helm presented his research:
“During the 2008-09 school year, the administration and principals traveled 500 days to various conferences, [...]
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