States Wanted to Snoop on Contractors, but Plans Are Stalling

Alex Konanykhin sees a future for state government contractors where workers must provide concrete proof of hours they bill.

From Arizona to New Jersey, lobbyists hired by Konanykhin’s software company, TransparentBusiness, have tried to convince state politicians to buy into that future. They’ve introduced bills that would require state contractors to use software to automatically track employee keystroke and mouse movement frequency and take a screenshot of the computer screens every few minutes to verify state-funded work.

“Transparent verification of billable hours is an irreversible trend in public procurement,” said Konanykhin, a Russian-American entrepreneur and CEO of TransparentBusiness.

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