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According to the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, the entire Alaska delegation will now be posting their earmark requests online.

Murkowski, Young join Stevens in posting earmarks

Sen. Lisa Murkowski and Rep. Don Young said Thursday they would join Sen. Ted Stevens in posting appropriation requests on their official Web sites.

“I am joining Sen. Stevens and Congressman Young in taking this step to highlight the appropriations process that the delegation goes through each year,” Murkowski said in a prepared statement.

Young said he too would make public the earmark requests sent to his office by the state and municipal governments and other organizations.
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“By posting appropriations requests on our Web site we can demonstrate the real needs that local communities and organizations have identified across the state,” Murkowski said.

Opponents of earmarking don’t appear to care what prompted the delegation’s move toward more transparency.

The nonprofit watchdog group Citizens Against Government Waste, which has blasted the delegation for bringing home more pork per capita than any other state since 2000, issued a statement praising the decision to post the requests.

“This is a positive step,” said Tom Schatz, the group’s president. “It would be preferable if the state requested no earmarks, but we hope that these are signs that Alaska is becoming more transparent and responsible.”

According to the article, all three members should have their requests on their websites by the end of next week.  Check their websites to make sure they keep their word: 

 http://stevens.senate.gov/public/

http://murkowski.senate.gov/public/

http://donyoung.house.gov/

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