Veteran Confectionary Man takes on the Candy Tax

Candy became subject to the sales tax in Washington state on June 1 as part of a package to raise revenues in an effort to span a $2.8 billion budget shortfall.

Candy is an easy target.  But a long time confectionary man emerged to defend his craft against the new levy on public policy grounds.  

Transparency: The Way the Public's Business Get Done

After the initial rounds of ARRA reporting, online check books and data.gov-inspired transparency experimentation, where do we go from here? Can we harvest the behavioral changes that come with transparency. Guests are Frank T. Caprio, General Treasurer, State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations; Duane A. Goossen. Secretary of Administration, State of Kansas; Harry H. Herington, Chairman and CEO, NIC; Richard (Dick) Thompson, Chief Information Officer (CIO), State of Maine; and, J. Stephen Fletcher, Chief Information Officer (CIO), State of Utah.  Written, produced and hosted by Paul W. Taylor.