MHPC launches new disclosure site
By Jessica Alaimo, PolitickerME.com ReporterGov. John Baldacci made $69,992 in 2007, and his benefit cost was $36,115.
There are 40 people in the state with a salary higher than $150,000.
The Secretary of State’s office spent $99,602 in advertising notices to Bangor Publishing Company (Bangor Daily News) last year.
The Maine Heritage Policy Center wants you to know this information.
The MHPC has launched www.maineopengov.org, a site dedicated to state spending disclosure.
The side includes the payroll for state, judicial, legislative, community college, university, and K-12 education employees, along with those receiving a pension from the state. It also lists more than $1 billion in vendor payments.
MHPC Executive Director Tarren Bragdon said in a release: "The MaineOpenGov.org site will expand in the near future to include more public payrolls, more government payments to companies and individuals, government contracts and other information. In addition, users of the Web site can export data, add comments on payroll and expenditure items and participate in forums to highlight items of interest culled from the data."
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