Open Alabama

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The Open Alabama website is a project launched by Alabama Governor Bob Riley following the signing of his transparency executive order.

The website includes sections on:

• state spending,
• governor's spending, including monthly pdf documents with detailed expenditures and detailing the state plane usage by the Riley Administration
• all active statewide contracts and awarded bids,
• a database of all leases held by state departments,
• links to notices filed under the Alabama Open Meetings Act and campaign finance reports,
• information on the Riley Administration's SMART Governing initiative, which requires state agencies to link their budget requests to measurable objectives.

The governor expects the website to grow in detail and scope, and has announced the online state checkbook will be searchable.