Transparency in the Montana government

mt.gov
URL: http://mt.gov/

Description:
 * Official state website. Provides information on the Montana government and its services.
 * Access Your Government section provides links to financial information at other sites.

Montana Legislature
URL: http://leg.mt.gov/css/

Description:
 * Web portal for legislative information.
 * Provides calendar of legislative social events.

Lobbying disclosure information
URL: http://app.mt.gov/cgi-bin/camptrack/lobbysearch/lobbySearch.cgi

Description:
 * Montana Commissioner of Political Practices Lobbyist and Principal Search allows you to search for either lobbyists or principals.

State campaign disclosure information
URL: http://fnweb.isd.doa.state.mt.us/idmws/custom/cpp/home.asp

Description:
 * Montana Commissioner of Political Practices website allows you to search for campaign finance reports in pdf format.

Proposed legislation
SB 241

(Track bill) Sponsor: Sen. Joe Balyeat


 * Called "Taxpayer Right to Know Act," this bill would create searchable Web site that shows state info, including state budget.

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