In another shot in the war over public pension costs, a California think tank has created a website listing the retirement benefits of 3.3 million participants, including those of CalPERS, the nation’s largest system.

TranparentCalifornia.com, run by the California Public Policy Center in the Orange County town of Tustin, includes information from 37 public pension funds and is searchable by name and job title. The website also includes salary information for public employees. All data is from 2011 and 2012.

The launch of the website comes after CalPERS staff members announced last month they would recommend killing a similar project over concerns it would make retirees vulnerable to con artists. The pension fund’s board will consider the request this month.

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