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SB 936 Auditor of Public Accounts; duties, standard vendor accounting information to include certain info.

Introduced by: Ken T. Cuccinelli, II | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

Auditor of Public Accounts; searchable database website of state budget expenditures and revenues.  Requires the Office of the Auditor of Public Accounts to include on its existing searchable database information regarding state audits or reports relating to public entities, capital outlay payments, and annual bonded indebtedness.  The bill also provides for the searchable database to include the following additional elements as they become available through improved enterprise or other systems: (i) commodities, (ii) Virginia Performs data that directly relates to funding actions or expenditures, (iii) descriptive purposes for funding actions or expenditures, (iv) laws authorizing the issuance of bonds, and (v) copies of actual grants and contracts.  In addition, the bill requires the Department of General Services, the Virginia Information Technologies Agency, and the State Comptroller to develop and maintain standard accounting information for use by all agencies and institutions for payments and purchases.

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:

Auditor of Public Accounts; searchable database website of state budget expenditures and revenues.  Requires the Office of the Auditor of Public Accounts to include on its existing searchable database information regarding state audits or reports relating to public entities, capital outlay payments, and annual bonded indebtedness.  The bill also provides for the searchable database to include the following additional elements as they become available through improved enterprise or other systems (i) commodities, (ii) Virginia Performs data that directly relates to funding actions or expenditures, (iii) descriptive purposes for funding actions or expenditures, (iv) laws authorizing the issuance of bonds, and (v) copies of actual grants and contracts.   In addition, the bill requires the Department of General Services, the Virginia Information Technology Agency, and the State Comptroller to develop and maintain standard accounting information for use by all agencies and institutions for payments and purchases.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Secretary of Technology; Virginia Enterprise Applications Program; searchable database website of state budget expenditures and revenues. Provides for the Virginia Enterprise Applications Program (VEAP) within the Office of the Secretary of Technology to create and maintain a searchable database website containing information on state revenues, appropriations, and expenditures. Under the bill, the Director of VEAP shall develop a pilot searchable database website available for public use no later than July 1, 2010. Beginning in July 2011, the searchable database website shall be updated for (i) fiscal years that ended prior to July 1, 2009, and (ii) for future fiscal years not later than 60 days following the close of the fiscal year. The Director of VEAP, the Auditor of Public Accounts and the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission shall work together to coordinate efforts in obtaining, summarizing, and compiling information in order to avoid duplication of efforts. The website shall be made available in a format designed to encourage the greatest amount of use by the general public. The website shall provide access to all levels of budget spending in state government.