Evaluation of Michigan state website

[edit] Website evaluation

Budget is published.^[1]
State tax information is provided.^[2]
Homepage has a "State Officials" tab which leads to elected officials and their contact information.^[3]
Ethics commission information is posted.^[4]
Annual financial audits are published.^[5]
All current state contracts are published.^[6]
Information on registered lobbyists is available in a searchable database.^[7]

Site has a search function, but is somewhat difficult to navigate.
Some agencies have administrative officials listed, but not all.^[8]
Does not provide information on state-paid lobbying and agency lobbying contracts.
Some departments have forms/contact info for making Michigan Freedom of Information Act requests, but not all.^[9]

	v • d • e State of Michigan Lansing (capital)
Transparency	Freedom of Information Act \| Transparency Checklist \| Government corruption reports \| Transparency Legislation \| Open Records procedures \| Transparency Advocates \| Transparency blogs \| State budget \| Taxpayer-funded lobbying associations \|
Divisions	State \| List of Counties \| List of Cities \| List of School Districts \| Evaluation of county websites \| Evaluation of city websites \| Evaluation of school district websites \|
Government	Michigan State Constitution \| Executive \| House of Representatives \| Senate \|
Judiciary	Michigan Supreme Court \| Supreme Court Elections \| Court of Appeals \| First Circuit Court of Appeals \| Second Circuit Court of Appeals \| Third Circuit Court of Appeals \| Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals \| List of Michigan Circuit Courts \| Judicial Nominating Commission \| Judicial news \| Judicial activist organizations \|
Ballot Measures	2008 ballot measures \| Michigan ballot measures by year, from 1914-2008 \| School bond measures \| Procedures for qualifying an initiative \| Amending the constitution \| History of direct democracy \| Campaign finance requirements \|