Transparency in the Virginia government

Lobbying disclosure information
URL: http://www.commonwealth.virginia.gov/StateGovernment/Lobbyist/database.cfm

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 * Virginia Secretary of the Commonwealth website allows searches for lobbyists, principals, and disclosure reports.

URL: http://www.vpap.org

Description: NonProfit, NonPartisan group maintains relational database created from public documents. Data includes:


 * Lobbyist registrations (2005-Present)
 * Lobbyist disclosure reports (2008-Present)Campaign finance disclosure reports filed by state candidates (1997-Present)

Campaign finance disclosure
URL: http://www.sbe.virginia.gov/cms/Campaign_Finance_Disclosure/Index.html

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 * Allows viewing of campaign finance reports and has special links to large contribution reports.

URL: http://www.vpap.org

Description: NonProfit, NonPartisan group maintains relational database created from public documents.


 * Campaign finance disclosure reports filed by state candidates (1997-Present)
 * Campaign finance disclosure reports filed by PACs (2005-Present)
 * Campaign finance disclosure reports filed by local candidates in 27 cities and towns (2007-Present)

 Personal Financial Disclosures 

URL: http://www.vpap.org

Description: NonProfit, NonPartisan group maintains relational database created from public documents.


 * Statement of Economic Interests filed by General Assembly members (2005-Present)
 * Statement of Economic Interests filed by General Assembly candidates (2009-Present)  &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;" /&gt; 

 &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;" /&gt;Commonwealth of Virginia website 

URL: http://www.virginia.gov/cmsportal3/

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 * Contains an employee directory search and has limited transparency - livehelp, RSS feeds, Podcasts, Youtube, get and share
 * Meetings for executive branch, legislative branch, and public notices made available

Virginia Auditor of Public Accounts website
URL: http://datapoint.apa.virginia.gov/

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 * Commonwealth Data Point shows expenditures and revenues, along with various budgets for different agencies in the Commonwealth.

Virginia Legislative Information System
URL: http://leg1.state.va.us/

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 * Shows state bills and resolutions dating from 1994.

Proposed legislation
SB 936

(Track bill) Sponsor: Sen. Ken Cuccinelli


 * Requires that information on state revenues, expenditures, and appropriations be posted on a searchable Web site, which must go live by July 1, 2010.

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