Illinois Policy Institute
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The Illinois Policy Institute (IPI) is a 501(c)3 nonpartisan research organization dedicated to supporting free market principles and liberty-based public policy initiatives for a better Illinois. The group participates at the group and local level.
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Staff
The organization is run by John Tillman, who is also on the board of the Sam Adams Alliance. Also on the board of directors is Karen Bailey, Greg Blankenship, Terry T. Campo, Esq., and Kevin L. Spudic.[1]
Current projects
Port watch
One of the largest projects the organization and Citizens Against Government Waste has undertaken is the Illinois Piglet Book, which exposed $686 million in wasteful spending in Illinois.[2],[3]
Transparency projects
The think tank also covers charter schools, health care, free market solutions and transparency and accountability at the state and local level. IPI has been working with For the Good of Illinois to gain transparency at the school district level.
Kate Campaigne, the transparency policy director, recently wrote an op-ed advocated more transparency in Illinois, saying
On a very basic level, practicing transparency entails listing all government expenditures online in an easily searchable database. Just as you can open your personal bank account online and look up your spending activity, the database would provide the details of every tax dollar spent.[4]
On October 2, 2008 The Illinois Policy Institute launched OpenIllinois.org. a website dedicated to expand transparency across the state of Illinois through the works of liberty leaders and partner organizations.[5]
Contact
Illinois Policy Institute
190 S. LaSalle Street
Suite 2130
Chicago, IL 60603
External links
References
- ↑ Illinois Policy Institute, Board of Directors
- ↑ Chicago Fox News, Private Group Details Spending, April 9th, 2008
- ↑ State Journal Register, Groups: Budget full of ‘wasteful spending’, April 10, 2008
- ↑ The State Journal Register, Kate Campaigne: Public bodies should be posting expenditures online, July 29, 2008
- ↑ Open Illinois.org
