It is important for public accountability that a public body tracks these kinds of things. Why should citizens of a country have to become experts in a subject

It is important for public accountability that a public body tracks these kinds of things. Why should citizens of a country have to become experts in a subject when the government should be transparent about what they're doing in the first place? This is pretty basic stuff. Also, as I said, there are other things they're not being transparent about, like the sums of money used to promote the scheme. You can't find that on the blockchain.