One ingredient is missing from the national-budget making process, an ingredient that would give Congress access to the real facts and figures underlying the spending decisions of government departments, agencies and corporation. I am referring to a Freedom of Information Act.
In the last few months, the Filipino people have been observing Congress go through the exercise of putting together the General Appropriations Act (GAA), better known as the national...
One ingredient is missing from the national-budget making process, an ingredient that would give Congress access to the real facts and figures underlying the spending decisions of government departments, agencies and corporation. I am referring to a Freedom of Information Act.
In the last few months, the Filipino people have been observing Congress go through the exercise of putting together the General Appropriations Act (GAA), better known as the national...
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