One-Stop Portal for Transparency in Virginia

Wednesday, May 27, 2009 5:20 PM by Mattie Duppler

While Virginia taxpayers have had the Commonwealth Datapoint at their disposal for several years now, the Auditor of Public Accounts, the Virginia Enterprise Applications Program and Virginia.gov have jointly developed a one-stop access portal that provides links to all the transparency data systems that provide Virginians with information on how the state is spending their tax dollars. The site provides links to:

• Commonwealth Datapoint offers data on state spending and revenue
• Stimulus.Virginia.gov  reports on how American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds are being spent in Virginai
• The state budget can be found at the Department of Budget and Planning
• The VDOT Dashboard tracks expenditures on transportation projects
• Virginia's SWAM Dashboard monitors contractual goods and services from state-mandated use of small, women- and minority-owned businesses

The Commonwealth Datapoint has also been updated to include a single-word google search that allows users to search for any spending by keyword. The new website comes on the heels of transparency legislation that updates the required information that is disclosed on the Datapoint. We hope these developments mean more sunlight for Virginia in the future!

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