Transparency in the Georgia government

Georgia.gov
URL: http://georgia.gov/

Description:
 * Official state website.
 * Provides information about the Georgia government and its services.
 * Offers RSS feeds and uses Twitter, Facebook, and Flickr

Open Georgia
URL: http://www.open.georgia.gov/

Description:
 * Open Georgia has salary/travel reimbursements, professional service expenditures, financial reports, and program reviews. Information is updated annually.

Georgia General Assembly
URL: http://www.legis.ga.gov/legis/2009_10/

Description:
 * Web portal for Georgia legislative information.

Lobbying disclosure information
URL: http://www.ethics.ga.gov/Reports/Lobbyist/Lobbyist_ByName.aspx

Description:
 * Georgia State Ethics Commission website has lobbyist search functions dating from 2005.

State campaign disclosure information
URL: http://www.ethics.georgia.gov/

Description:
 * Georgia State Ethics Commission has information on campaign filings and personal financial disclosures.
 * Possible to view campaign contributions by county.

Proposed legislation
SB 70

(Track bill) (Sponsor: George Hooks)


 * Would require expedited reporting of all campaign contributions "where there exists a contractual, grant, or regulatory relationship between the contributor and the office of the public officer or candidate for public office.

More legislative information
For more on transparency legislation, see the Georgia transparency legislation webpage at Sunshine Review.