SB 565

Currently, the Department of Administration (DOA) must ensure that all state

agency expenditures for state operations exceeding $100, including salaries and

fringe benefits paid to state agency employees, are available for inspection on a

searchable Internet Web site maintained by DOA. In addition, DOA must ensure

that all of the following information relating to state agency grants and contracts is

available for inspection on a searchable Internet Web site: a copy of the contract and

grant award; the state agency making the grant or entering into the contract; the

name and address of the person receiving the grant or entering into the contract; the

purpose of the grant or contract; and the amount of the grant or the amount the state

agency must expend under the contract and the name of the state fund from which

the grant is paid or moneys are expended under the contract. However, DOA has yet

to implement these programs.

This bill requires that DOA implement these programs before July 1, 2012. In

addition, the bill mandates certain time frames for state agencies to report

expenditures and grants and contracts to DOA for purposes of making the

information available for inspection on DOA's Internet Web site.