{"id":4439,"date":"2009-04-06T14:47:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-06T20:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2009\/04\/guv-oks-online-database-of-state-contracts\/"},"modified":"2009-04-06T14:47:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-06T20:47:00","slug":"guv-oks-online-database-of-state-contracts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2009\/04\/guv-oks-online-database-of-state-contracts\/","title":{"rendered":"Guv OKs online database of state contracts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/Sdpq-I4c7dI\/AAAAAAAALV4\/r7FdaFVzV4Y\/s1600-h\/Denish,+Diane.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 120px; height: 160px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/Sdpq-I4c7dI\/AAAAAAAALV4\/r7FdaFVzV4Y\/s200\/Denish,+Diane.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321683525460356562\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Gov. <a href=\"http:\/\/governor.state.nm.us\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bill Richardson<\/a> signed a bill today that will require the state to create an online, searchable database of all state government contracts over $20,000.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Lt. Gov. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ltgovernor.state.nm.us\/\" target=\"_blank\">Diane Denish<\/a>, who pushed for the approval of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nmlegis.gov\/lcs\/_session.aspx?Chamber=H&amp;LegType=B&amp;LegNo=546&amp;year=09\" target=\"_blank\">House Bill 546<\/a>, sponsored by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nmlegis.gov\/lcs\/legdetails.aspx?SPONCODE=HPARK\" target=\"_blank\">Al Park<\/a>, D-Albuquerque, hailed the database as a way to increase transparency in state government.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cNew Mexicans deserve to know who is doing business with their government. This law will enable all citizens to track state government contracts, follow the flow of public money and understand how it is being used,\u201d Denish said in a new release. \u201cEthics reform in government starts with transparency, and I\u2019m proud to have worked hard on this effort which guarantees more sunshine on the business of government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">While most bills approved in the session that just ended take effect in June or July, lawmakers decided for some reason that this bill shouldn\u2019t take effect until Jan. 1, 2010, so don\u2019t expect to see a publicly accessible online database for awhile.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gov. Bill Richardson signed a bill today that will require the state to create an online, searchable database of all state government contracts over $20,000. Lt. Gov. Diane Denish, who pushed for the approval of House Bill 546, sponsored by Al Park, D-Albuquerque, hailed the database as a way to increase transparency in state government. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4439\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}