WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Sen. Joni Ernst issued the following press release:
WASHINGTON - After years of fighting to increase transparency around Washington spending, President Donald Trump signed U.S. Senator Joni Ernst's (R-Iowa) bipartisan bill, the Stop Secret Spending Act, into law to require public disclosure of previously hidden government expenditures.
Current law requires most federal spending to be publicly reported on USAspending.gov, allowing taxpayers to see who receives federal funds and details about how, where, and why the money is spent. However, a loophole has allowed agencies to withhold thousands of spending arrangements known as Other Transaction Agreements (OTAs) from public disclosure - the Stop Secret Spending Act c...