I've liked Sen. Tom Coburn [R-OK] for a while. Here's one more reason. Not sure some of his colleagues will be as enthusiastic... but that's a feature, not a bug. The Chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, today announced the launch of a new oversight website that will provide the public with tools to track how their tax dollars are spent and help taxpayers access information on federal spending and congressional oversight.

The new oversight website will feature the findings, reports and documentation from oversight hearings and investigations. The site also will feature a "taxpayer whistleblower" link, where citizens can anonymously submit tips on wasteful government spending programs. Hopefully, links to the database mandated by the proposed Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act (S. 2590 via Coburn, McCain, Obama) will also be added.

S.2590 is a smart use of the Internet, and of the "Army of Davids" principle. In the meantime, the 2006 edition of Citizens Against Government Waste's famous Pig Book is out.