If you’re so smart, try the Backseat Budgeter
FORT COLLINS – A tool developed at Colorado State University is giving everybody a chance to balance the state budget.
The Colorado Backseat Budgeter tool was created by Colorado State University’s Bighorn Leadership Development Program. The online program allows users to take apart the state budget and reassemble their own versions with options to add or drop programs, raise taxes or rearrange spending.
The Colorado Backseat Budgeter is available at http://engagedpublic.com/epbudgets/Dashboard.aspx and will soon have updated 2009-10 data available.
“The website started as a resource for our Bighorn graduates. We decided to allow the general public access to the tool to help citizens really understand the complexities of the state budget in a user-friendly way,´ said Lou Swanson, vice provost for outreach and strategic partnerships at CSU.
FORT COLLINS – A tool developed at Colorado State University is giving everybody a chance to balance the state budget.
The Colorado Backseat Budgeter tool was created by Colorado State University’s Bighorn Leadership Development Program. The online program allows users to take apart the state budget and reassemble their own versions with options to add or drop programs, raise taxes or rearrange spending.
The Colorado Backseat Budgeter is available at http://engagedpublic.com/epbudgets/Dashboard.aspx and will soon have updated 2009-10 data available.
“The website started as a resource for our Bighorn graduates. We decided to allow the general public access to the…
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