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At the ALEC 2010 meeting in San Diego, Barnhart discussed proposed model legislation: "The Transparency and Government Accountability Act."<ref>Common Cause, [http://www.commoncause.org/atf/cf/%7BFB3C17E2-CDD1-4DF6-92BE-BD4429893665%7D/tfp35-daymailing%20San%20Diego.pdf Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force Documents,] ALEC documents obtained by Common Cause, July 2010.</ref> It was adopted by the Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force in August 2010, and approved by the ALEC Board of Directors in September 2010.<ref>Center for Media and Democracy, [httphttps://www.alecexposed.org/w/images/4/4a/8F8-The_Transparency_and_Government_Accountability_Act_Exposed.pdf The Transparency and Government Accountability Act,] ALEC Exposed, accessed November 2012.</ref> Similar versions of this bill have been introduced in states such as Virginia, New Mexico, Iowa, and Utah. The bill requires the development of a detailed website listing all revenue and expenditures of the state down to the level of each check. It also includes voting record information, open records information, information on lobbying and state contracts, and ethics information. While the idea seems unobjectionable, the detailed budgeting information has been criticized as a duplicative effort to showcase and make hay of perceived "wasteful spending."<ref>Center for Media and Democracy, [httphttps://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/11/11791/lucy-burns-institute-publishers-ballotpedia-judgepedia-and-wikifoia-and-her-right "The Lucy Burns Institute (Publishers of Ballotpedia, Judgepedia and WikiFOIA) and Her Right-Wing Bedfellows,"] November 26, 2012.</ref>

The Sunshine Review has worked closely with the National Taxpayers Union,<ref>Sunshine Review, [http://sunshinereview.org/index.php/Sunshine_Review:About About,] organizational website, accessed November 2012.</ref> another ALEC member dedicated to eliminating taxes and shrinking the size of government. NTU President Duane Parde is former Executive Director of ALEC.<ref>Center for Media and Democracy, [httphttps://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=National_Taxpayers_Union National Taxpayers Union,] Sourcewatch, accessed November 2012.</ref> The group has been involved in pushing this type of transparency legislation in states across the country, even before it was adopted by ALEC.<ref>National Taxpayers Union, [http://www.ntu.org/in-your-state/iowa/iowa-spending-transparency.html "An Open Letter to Iowa Legislators: Taxpayers Support Taxpayer Transparency Act/Taxation Disclosure Act (SF 102),"] March 2009.</ref>