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Finance
Seeing the Sites
Four states that offer tools for tracking their expenditures online
ALASKA/Checkbook Online
URL: fin.admin.state.ak.us/dof/checkbook_online
What it does: Provides Excel or PDF spreadsheets with spending by organization, vendor and account
KANSAS/KanView
URL: kansas.gov/kanview
What it does: Shows state revenues and expenditures by agency, fund, program and vendor
MISSOURI/Missouri Accountability Portal
URL: mapyourtaxes.mo.gov
What it does: Publishes detailed information on expenditures (users can search by agency, category, contract or vendor); tax credits (search by tax credit, recipient or legislative district); and state employee salaries (search by agency, employee name or position title). Updated daily.
TEXAS/Window on State Government
URL: window.state.tx.us/comptrol/expendlist/cashdrill.php
What it does: Users can search state payments by state agency, vendor, spending category or purchasing code. Updated daily.
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