Transparency in the Vermont government

Lobbying disclosure information
URL: http://vermont-elections.org/elections1/lobby_seek.html

Description:
 * Vermont Secretary of State website allows searches by lobbyist's first and last name from 1999 onwards.

Campaign finance disclosure
URL: http://vermont-elections.org/elections1/finance_search_individual.html

Description:
 * Site allows searching of campaign finance disclosures for statewide candidates, legislative candidates, and political party/PAC committee reports.

Official website for Vermont
URL: http://www.vermont.gov/portal/

Description:
 * No statewide official spending database online
 * Site features include: RSS feeds, twitter; can share news stories directly on government website on linkedin, digg, Ma.gnolia, Reddit, del.icio.us, facebook, Stumble it!, google bookmarks; speeches, priorities and initiatives, boards and commissions, and executive orders made available

Vermont Legislature bill tracking system
URL: http://www.leg.state.vt.us/database/database2.cfm

Description:
 * Site features include searching for bills by sponsor or keyword and displaying current status of a specific bill or resolution

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