Transparency in the Alaska government

State of Alaska Home Page
URL: http://www.state.ak.us/

Description:
 * Provides information about the state of Alaska and its government, divided into sections on news, how-to guides, health, education, safety, jobs, and links to various state agencies.
 * Hosts Checkbook Online, giving information about state expenditures and contracts.
 * Office of Management and Budget lists Governor's budget information.

Alaska State Legislature
URL: http://w3.legis.state.ak.us/

Description:
 * Web portal for state legislative information.
 * Offers live audio and video of legislative sessions.

Alaska Checkbook Online
URL: http://fin.admin.state.ak.us/dof/checkbook_online/index.jsp

Description:
 * Run by Department of Finance, this sites provides information about all vendors and grantees who received at least one payment of $1,000 within the past fiscal year.
 * Much of the information is presented in PDF form.

Lobbying disclosure information
URL: https://webapp.state.ak.us/apoc/lobbyist_reporting.jsp

Description:
 * Alaska Public Offices Commission allows searching of lobbyist registrations, lobbyist report summaries, clients/lobbyists, and lobbyists by year.

State campaign disclosure information
URL: https://webapp.state.ak.us/apoc/

Description:
 * Alaska Public Offices Commission offers searchable databases for campaign disclosure, financial disclosure, and lobbyist reporting.

Proposed legislation
HB 42

(Track bill) (Sponsor: Lynn)
 * Creates a Legislative Study Group to study the possibility of creating an instant online campaign finance and expenditure reporting system
 * External links: Rep. Lynn press release; Op-Ed by Lynn

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