Transparency in the Ohio government

Ohio.gov
URL: http://ohio.gov/

Description:
 * Web portal for Ohio state government.
 * Provides information about state agencies and services.
 * Includes Governor's proposed budget.
 * Includes section devoted to American Recovery and Reinvestment Act as it applies to Ohio.

Ohio General Assmebly
URL: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/index.cfm

Description:
 * Web portal for the Ohio General Assembly.
 * Includes links for tracking bills and for finding information about individual legislators.

Ohio Channel
URL: http://www.ohiochannel.org/

Description:
 * Web site providing video Ohio government events, public affairs programming, history, education, arts, and culture.
 * Includes coverage of Ohio House of Representatives, Senate, Governor, and State Supreme Court.
 * Run by Ohio's Public Broadcasting Stations.

Lobbying disclosure information
URL: http://www.jlec-olig.state.oh.us/

Description:
 * Ohio Office of the Legislative Inspector General website lists lobbyist forms, financial disclosures, and lobbying statistics.
 * Site also has a search function for agent and employer.

Campaign finance disclosure
URL: http://www.sos.state.oh.us/SOS/Campaign%20Finance/disclosure.aspx

Description:
 * Ohio Secretary of State office website allows searches for candidate and committee information and downloads of commonly requested large reports via FTP.

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