By Patrick L. Warren
As public information laws have strengthened over time in the US States, many states have taken the preemptive step of posting commonly requested documents online. This has led to a nice collection websites of contracts with state governments. The depth and quality of these data vary enormously, but I want to commend to your attention the particularly fine collection of contracts published by Florida. You can search by many contractual terms, download results, and, in many cases, access the full text of the original contract and any amendments. Despite their richness, I've never seen these data used for any academic project. I'd love to see some at next year's SIOE in Paris.
Beyond Florida, I've attached my best attempt of a list of the state websites, in hopes that our membership can use these data to do some great work. It will be permenantly posted here. I'm excited to see what you can do with it.
http://purchasing.alabama.gov/Default.aspx
http://www.alaskapolicyforum.org/resources/aksolesrcall/solesourceak/
https://www.ark.org/dfa/transparency/contracts.php
http://www.dgs.ca.gov/pd/Programs/eprocure/SCPRSData.aspx
http://transparency.ct.gov/html/downloads.asp
http://contracts.delaware.gov/
http://contracts.patreasury.gov/search.aspx
https://facts.fldfs.com/Search/ContractSearch.aspx
http://spo3.hawaii.gov/psa/professional-service-awards
http://ledger.illinoiscomptroller.com/
http://www.indy.gov/eGov/City/occ/contracts/Pages/home.aspx
http://www.in.gov/idoa/2448.htm
http://da.ks.gov/purch/contracts/
http://opendoor.ky.gov/search/Pages/contractsearch.aspx
http://doa.louisiana.gov/latrac/contracts/home.cfm
http://www.maine.gov/purchases/contracts/pals.html
http://www.spending.dbm.maryland.gov/
http://educatorcontracts.doemass.org/
http://www.michigan.gov/micontractconnect/0,4541,7-225-48680---,00.html
http://www.michigan.gov/micontractconnect
http://www.mmd.admin.state.mn.us/PublicListofContracts.asp
http://www.dfa.state.ms.us/Purchasing/Contracts.html
http://www.mspb.ms.gov/personal-service-contract-review-board/preapprove...
http://content.oa.mo.gov/purchasing-materials-management
http://svc.mt.gov/gsd/onestop/ContractAwarddefault.aspx
http://www.nebraskaspending.gov/contracts/index.php
http://das.nebraska.gov/materiel/purchasing/
http://purchasing.state.nv.us/services_index.htm
http://transparentnevada.com/contracts/?page=69
http://admin.state.nh.us/purchasing/contracts_posteddte.asp?sort=cna
http://www.state.nj.us/cgi-bin/treas/purchase/awards.pl
http://www.sunshineportalnm.com/
http://www.nyc.gov/html/mocs/html/procurement/public_access_center.shtml
http://ogs.ny.gov/BU/PC/Directories.asp
http://www.doa.state.nc.us/pandc/Default.aspx
http://www.pandc.nc.gov/numlistt.aspx
https://apps.nd.gov/csd/spo/services/bidder/listCurrentContracts.htm
http://procure.ohio.gov/proc/currentContracts.asp
https://www.ok.gov/dcs/solicit/app/contractSearch.php
https://www.ok.gov/dcs/solicit/app/solicitationSearch.php?status=awarded
http://www.oregon.gov/transparency/pages/contracts.aspx#orpincontracts
http://www.purchasing.ri.gov/default.aspx
http://procurement.sc.gov/PS/agency/PS-agency-sw-contracts.phtm
http://www.state.sd.us/boa/opm/state_contracts.htm
http://boa.sd.gov/divisions/procurement/contracts/
http://bfm.sd.gov/ledger/contracts.asp
http://tn.gov/generalserv/cpo/SWCWeb_List.html
http://purchasing.tennessee.edu/contracts_by_commodity.html
http://contracts.lbb.state.tx.us/Introduction.aspx
http://www.texastransparency.org/opendata/contracts.php
http://generalservices.utah.gov/statewidecontracts/Contracts.aspx
http://www.utah.gov/transparency/index.html
http://bgs.vermont.gov/purchasing/currentcontracts
http://www.vermontbidsystem.com/
http://www.vttransparency.org/index.cfm?section=all&pg=Vendors
http://vita2.virginia.gov/procurement/contracts.cfm
http://datapoint.apa.virginia.gov/downloads.cfm
http://dps.dgs.virginia.gov/dps/contracts/CovaContractsInfo.aspx
https://fortress.wa.gov/ga/apps/ContractSearch/ContractSearch.aspx
http://fiscal.wa.gov/Checkbook.aspx
http://sao.state.wy.us/EFT_PAYMTS/EFT_Search_Page.aspx
http://www.state.wv.us/admin/purchase/piggyback/default.html
http://www.state.wv.us/admin/purchase/swc/
http://vendornet.state.wi.us/vendornet/procman/prob2b.asp
http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/esc/oe/contract_awards_services.html