Leaving Taxpayers in the Dark

The Urgent Need to Improve Transparency and Accountability in Wisconsin's Economic Development Subsidy Programs
Publication Date: 
10/17/2012

Author Information

Alysha Burt and Bruce Speight
Wisconsin PIRG

This report examines the ability of the public to access subsidy recipient information in taxpayer-financed economic development programs. It finds that online transparency has gotten worse despite promises from state leaders to enhance transparency and accountability in these programs and that reporting these outcomes is required by law under 2007 Act 125.