Just click the Quarter to get started!
A public database isn’t just a tool for those of us strange enough to want to pore over budget data. It is the sunshine that disinfects the public square. Knowing that every detail is available, accessible, and searchable means there is no chance that any action, any contract, any expenditure, is going to stay hidden from the public.
The Josiah Bartlett Center’s open government project, NHOpenGovt.org has created an online, searchable database accessible to anyone and everyone. It will includes every check the government writes, every agency, every dollar, down to the penny and the person in an easily searchable format.
We currently have records of more than 4.5 Million individual state transactions from fiscal year 2009 to date. We are constantly receiving more data, so this number will only grow! As our database continues to grow, analytic tools such as year over year comparisons will allow you to create visuals that plainly layout trends in government spending. No hype, no spin, just the cold hard facts.
We are currently working on getting the line item expenditure data from the University System as well as all state and university payroll. Click here to start searching!
Here is some of our past work on transparency:
Google Government
In October, state legislators held a tax summit and a week later held a spending summit. Charlie Arlinghaus’s presentations to each gathering are attached here. Arlinghaus outlined the state’s only two successful modern attempts at tax reform in 1970 and 1993 and warned legislators that reform attempts will only be trusted if revenue neutral. At the spending summit, he pointed out a $200 million deficit in the current budget and warned about a $625 million deficit lurking in the next budget.
Spending Outlook