Transparency in the Massachusetts government

Mass.Gov
Description: Official website for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Description: Web portal for legislative information.

Massachusetts State Auditor
Description: Provides information on and from the state auditor's office. Posts audit reports in pdf format.

Lobbying disclosure information
Description: Massachusetts Secretary of Commonwealth - Public Records Division allows searches of lobbyists dating from 2005.

State campaign disclosure information
Description: The Office of Campaign &amp; Political Finance website has searchable campaign finance data.

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

Mass Governmental Resources

 * Department of Education Reports (searchable on website, export in Excel (.xls) form)
 * Department of Health (not very searchable, mostly .xls downloads)

Massachusetts Free Public Records Directory
Statewide, citywide, countywide and by-category searchable public records.

City of Boston Data Dashboard
Run by the city Government, pilot/beta program. Currently has 21 datasets, mostly info about public works but also crime information. CSV &amp; XML formats. They're soliciting feedback, including what datasets citizens want made available.

Citizens Connect
Boston residents report potholes, graffiti, and other issues from anywhere in the city using their mobile phone. Link above goes to displayed reports. Access API. Based on Open311 standard.

Brookline, MA open311 API documentation.

MetroBoston DataCommon
General Population Statistics: Municipality, Census Tract, Block Group

Datasets (Topics): Arts and Culture; Civic Vitality and Governance; Economy; Education; Environment and Energy; Housing; MetroFuture Projections; Public Health; Public Safety; Technology; Transportation; Zoning and Land Use

Custom Datamap Tool for which they provide trainings.

Local Government Transparency Portals (make stub?)

 * Somerville, MA (agenda, minutes, video of committee and alderman meetings)

Solar Boston
Provide a basic overview of solar energy use in Boston. Solar Boston map allows you to see active renewable energy installations within the City, and to calculate the solar potential of building rooftops.

Groups/Organizations
Sunlight Foundation Boston Meetup Group

Open Gov Boston (Google Group/Mailing List)