Following the Money: How the 50 States Rate in Providing Online Access to Government Spending Data

Publication Date: 
4/1/2010

Author Information

Phineas Baxandall
Kari Wohlschlegel

This report discusses transparency of contracts and evaluates states' progress toward a new standard of comprehensive, one-stop, one-click budget accountability and accessibility. Transparency 2.0 is a user-friendly Web portal that provides residents the ability to search detailed information about government contracts, spending subsidies, and grants for all government entities.