Idaho Gov. Butch Otter has launched a new Web site on which citizens can easily view details of the state budget and provide their insights and perspectives on how to make Idaho government more efficient by using taxpayers’ money more wisely.
The site efficiency.idaho.gov is part of Otter’s plan for involving all Idahoans in the process of addressing the state’s budget shortfall. He announced the outreach plan in late September as he ordered a tiered holdback of state spending totaling about 4 percent of the General Fund appropriation for fiscal 2010.
The Web site provides graphic representations of the overall budget, as well as breakdowns by policy area, including General Government, Public Safety, Health & Human Services, Education, Economic Development, and Natural Resources.
There also are breakdowns by revenue and by expenditure, and on every page an area for reader’s comments.
