44.48.150 - State expenditure information web site--Access to data--Maintenance. - Washington Statutes

State expenditure information web site — Access to data — Maintenance.

(1) By January 1, 2009, in collaboration with the office of financial management, using existing databases and structures currently shared, the office of the legislative evaluation and accountability program committee shall establish and make available to the public a searchable state expenditure information web site. The state expenditure information web site shall provide access to current budget data, access to current accounting data for budgeted expenditures and staff, and access to historical data. At a minimum, the web site will provide access or links to the following information as data are available:

     (a) State expenditures by fund or account;

     (b) State expenditures by agency, program, and subprogram;

     (c) State revenues by major source;

     (d) State expenditures by object and subobject;

     (e) State agency workloads, caseloads, and performance measures, and recent performance audits; and

     (f) State agency budget data by activity.

     (2) "State agency," as used in this section, includes every state agency, office, board, commission, or institution of the executive, legislative, or judicial branches, including institutions of higher education.

     (3) The state expenditure information web site shall be updated periodically as subsequent fiscal year data become available, and the prior year expenditure data shall be maintained by the legislative evaluation and accountability program committee as part of its ten-year historical budget data.

[2008 c 326 § 2.]

Notes: Intent -- 2008 c 326: "The intent of the legislature is to make state revenue and expenditure data as open, transparent, and publicly accessible as is feasible. Increasing the ease of public access to state budget data, particularly where the data are currently available from disparate internal government sources but are difficult for the public to collect and efficiently aggregate, significantly contributes to governmental accountability, public participation, agency efficiency, and open government." [2008 c 326 § 1.]