Jeff Atwater looks to computer hackers to provide more transparency in government
Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater continued efforts to make government more transparent during a “hackathon” in Miami Saturday. Atwater challenged participants to find a way to improve the way governments provide public information and communicate with consumers. “Taxpayers should demand accountability from their government, and I’ve worked hard to present Florida’s financial information in a way that allows Floridians to become an auditing team of 19 million,” Atwater said. “But there are many meaningful ways to present our data…