Bill > S2119

This bill requires the Executive Office for Administration and Finance to create and maintain a public, interactive online dashboard that provides comprehensive transparency about state grant funding across Massachusetts. The dashboard will include detailed, sortable data on grant awards from all executive and quasi-public agencies, allowing users to analyze information such as year-over-year funding changes, total and per capita grant awards by municipality and county, the administering agency, grant topics (like education or environment), and the total grant funding available versus appropriated. Agencies must provide all requested data to populate the dashboard, which will be publicly accessible and downloadable. Additionally, the office must submit an annual report by October 31st to legislative committees and make it publicly available, detailing grant funding awards and offering recommendations for improving geographic equity in grant distribution. The dashboard must be established and hosted on the office's website within one year of the act's effective date, with the goal of increasing transparency and ensuring fair grant allocation across different regions of the state.

Government Affairs

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S2119