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The movement pushing for state governments to post their spending online achieved its first major victory when President George W. Bush signed the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act (S. 2590) into law in September 2006. Sponsored by Senators Tom Coburn and Barack Obama, this bipartisan legislation required that federal grant and contract funding data appear online in a searchable database.[1]

For the new administration, OMB Watch has produced suggestions to increase transparency and government openness. Read the report by clicking here. Prospects for transparency look hopeful, although President Obama may face challenges in promoting it. [2]

[edit] Spending information online

Since S. 2590 passed, states have increasingly developed and updated websites in order to disclose information about state government spending. The state websites vary in how much information they offer. Some state websites are comprehensive, while others are limited.

In some cases, a state may not have a well-developed transparency website, but an independent government watchdog within the state will have such a website. In the case of Maine, for example, the state's website offers limited spending information, but a website (MaineOpenGov.org) run by a government watchdog within the state, Maine Heritage Policy Center, offers lots of information.

Below, a table evaluates the comprehensiveness of various state and, in some cases, privately run websites that offer spending information.


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Alabama: Open Alabama
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Alaska: Checkbook Online
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Arkansas: Office of Budget
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Arkansas: Department of Finance and Administration
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Arkansas: Office of Budget
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California: Reporting transparency
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California: EBudget
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Colorado: TOP
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Connecticut: ct.gov/governorrell
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Delware: budget.delaware.gov
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Florida: Florida's Checkbook
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Georgia: Open Georgia
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Hawaii: hawaii.gov
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Idaho: idaho.gov
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Illinois: Open Books
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Illinois: Comptroller's Website
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Indiana: Active Contracts
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Indiana: in.gov
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Kansas: KanView
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Kentucky: Open Door
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Kentucky: Check It Out Kentucky!
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Kentucky: V.I.E.W.
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Louisiana: LaTrac
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The Maine Heritage Policy Center: MaineOpenGov.org
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Maine: maine.gov
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Massachusetts: mass.gov
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Maryland: DBM
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Minnesota: Transparency and Accountability Project
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Mississippi: Management and Reporting System
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Missouri: Missouri Accountability Portal
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Montana: Office of Budget and Program Planning
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Nebraska: nebraskaspending.com
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Nevada: Open Government
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New Hampshire: admin.state.nh.us
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New Jersey: department of treasury
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New York: Open Book New York
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New York: Project Sunlight
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New Mexico: budget.nmdfa.state.nm.u
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North Carolina: Open Book
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North Carolina: Office of Budget and Management
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North Dakota: nd.gov/fiscal
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Oklahoma: Open Books
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Ohio: obm.ohio.gov
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Oregon: Budget and Management Division
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Pennsylvania: E-Contracts
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Pennsylvania: Governor's Budget Office
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Rhode Island: Open Government
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South Carolina: Spending Transparency
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South Dakota: Open South Dakota
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Tennessee: TN.gov
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Tennessee: open gov
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Texas: Where the Money Goes
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Texas: Chron database [3]
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Utah: Transparent Utah
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West Virginia: 79th Legislature
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Vermont: Vermont Transparency
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Virginia: Open Virginia
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Wisconsin: Department of Administration
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Washington: Washington Fiscal Information
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Washington: General Administration of Washington, Contracts
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Wyoming: Transparency in Government
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