With tax day around the corner, now is when a lot of taxpayers may scratch their heads wondering just where their hard-earned tax dollars will end up. If pro-taxpayer lawmakers have their way, they may soon get some clarification.

Since passage of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006, which provided for the creation of a searchable Web site detailing information on federal grants and contracts, efforts to bring the same level of transparency into government spending at the state level have been initiated across the country. The law was co-sponsored by Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., and Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill.