Data Suggestion: Contracts with State Governments

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://procure.az.gov/bso/

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://hawaii.gov/spo2/

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://www.comm-pass.com/

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://sunshine.wi.gov/

http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/esc/oe/contract_awards_services.html