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House Memorial 78. Online Transparency in State Government Presentation to the ITC Steven Yore 12/2/09. Background. Representative Kintigh sponsored HM78
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House Memorial 78 Online Transparency in State Government Presentation to the ITC Steven Yore 12/2/09
Background • Representative Kintigh sponsored HM78 • HM78 Requests a study of options for creating greater transparency in state government by providing an accessible searchable database of State budgets • The study was completed jointly by the Department of Finance and Administration, the Department of Information Technology, and the Legislative Finance Committee
Methodology • Six States with transparency websites were selected for study, North Dakota was excluded because it was not dynamic
Interview of Project Managers • Of the five remaining states, two were researched in depth • Interviews with the Missouri and Oklahoma project managers included the following: • Details about technical aspects of the system, • Details about the project, • Costs associated with implementing websites.
Transparency Activityin New Mexico • HB546 – Online database of state contracts over $20,000. Go Live scheduled for January 1, 2010 • New Mexico Office of Recovery and Reinvestment – Website with reports on stimulus spending in New Mexico.
Preferred Solution • Creation of Unified “one stop shopping” website that contains all transparency reporting requirements – the Missouri model • Estimate to complete: $300 to $500 thousand in professional services, 12 months, and 1.5 to 3.5 FTE’s • Possible savings from leveraging work that was done in Missouri and Oklahoma
Interim Solution until budget becomes available • Static PFD departmental spending reports that are updated monthly – the North Dakota Model (http://www.nd.gov/fiscal/spending/detail/) • Inexpensive – 200 to 300 hours of internal resources over 2 months
Questions • Contact Info: • Steven Yore, SHARE System Manager • Stevene.yore@state.nm.us • Phone: (o) 505 476 3887 (c) 505 629 8420