ABCGov is here to bring some focus on some of what the future of effective government will be. The particular emphasis is to bring innovative ideas to the Pacific Northwest region of North America. These ideas are, however, quite applicable for virtually any government at any level on the surface of this (or any other similarly enigmatic planet!).

Although budgeting is probably the driest and most boring part of governmental reform, it is also the most important. You won't hear budget reform talk in many campaign speeches, but with the California revolt, that may, in fact, be beginning to change.

People rightly decry the highly publicized corporate rip-offs of stockholders. Yet, somehow, governments seem to get away relatively unscathed from accountability for systematic waste and abuse of taxpayer monies. You'll even see how various departments mysteriously "find" money after a tax increase request is defeated by the voters.

People, including those within the very governments in question, don't know what specific services that their governments provide, nor the costs to perform the functions. That it the first and most fundamental of budget reforms that needs to occur. It's not a question of "if," but rather one of "when" will this reform happen. How long will the citizens put up with the dark ages of government accountability?

Here at ABCGov.com, we will chronicle some of the major innovations from around the world, as well as report on the progress into the future of the governments of Oregon and Washington in the U.S, and British Columbia, Canada.