Who is Holding Up S. 2590?

Red State is reporting that well known porkster Sen. Ted Stevens probably placed the "secret hold" on S. 2590, the Federal Funding, Accountability, & Transparency Act.

S. 2590 directs the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to ensure the existence and operation of a single updated searchable database website accessible by the public at no cost, that includes for each entity receiving federal funding: (1) the amount of federal funds received in each of the last 10 fiscal years; (2) an itemized breakdown of each transaction; (3) the entity's location and primary location of performance; and (4) a unique identifier for the entity and its parent entity. Or as Wonkette describes the bill:

[This is] a bipartisan Senate bill that would actually do something good for a change. S. 2590 would create a Google-style public database that would show who gets government money through contracts and grants.

[Emphasis added.]

For more, see Is Senator Stevens Holding Up Coburn-Obana? (Red State) and Fess Up, Tubemeister! (Wonkette). [JH]