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Apr 22 2010

Dr. Coburn Requests Explanation From OPM For Spending Taxpayers Dollars on Campaign to Improve Public's View of Government

Using federal funds, the Office of Personnel Management is working on a new marketing campaign to improve the public’s view of federal employees. Today, Dr. Coburn sent a letter to Director of OPM, John Berry, asking for an explanation of how these expenditures benefit the taxpayer and how OPM intends to provide transparency throughout these transactions.

Click here to view additional coverage of OPM's marketing campaign.

Click here to view Pew Research Center article on the American public's growing distrust of government.

Click here to view Dr. Coburn's letter sent to OPM.

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