OMB Watch has partnered with the National Taxpayers Union to draft a letter to the Senate in support of making federal department budget justification reports public documents. The completed letter was sent to the Hill yesterday afternoon with the endorsement of 54 organizations. Budget justifications are currently submitted to the House and Senate appropriations committees to aid in the formulation of the annual federal budget. Currently, some agencies publish their budget justifications online (see Defense and Energy), but the documents are not required to be available. Sen. Coburn (R-OK) plans to offer amendments to the FY 07 appropriations bills requiring federal departments and agencies to post their budget justifications within 48 hours of being submitted to the appropriations committees. Thanks to all the organizations who are lending their support to this important effort. Read the letter