Budget Amendment ID: FY2025-S4-141

GOV 141

Transparency for the Cost of Consultants

Messrs. Tarr, O'Connor and Fattman moved that the proposed new text be amended by inserting after section _ the following section:-

"SECTION_. The comptroller shall develop, deploy, administer and maintain a public,  searchable database containing information relative to contracts for consulting to which any agency of the commonwealth is a party, for which the total annual cost exceeds $ 50,000, provided that such database shall include but not be limited to : the agency procuring the contract and any agencies participating in its execution, the contract provider or vendor, the terms or language of the contract , the dates of award, beginning, and end of the contract, and, to the extent a contract is for the provision of personal services, the compensation for any person providing such services, which shall be detailed in like manner as the compensation information for state employees contained in the comptroller's 'open checkbook' system, so called, provided that such database shall be accessible to the public on a convenient electronic platform not later than May 1, 2025, and shall be updated to the maximum feasible extent, which shall be in increments of not less than 60 days."