10th County Joins Treasurer Fitzpatrick’s
Local Government Checkbook
March 15, 2021
To kick off Sunshine Week, Missouri State Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick today announced that Cape Girardeau County is the 10th county to provide spending data for the local government checkbook. This is part of his ongoing commitment to ensuring a more efficient and transparent government at all levels.
Spending data from ten local governments, Cape Girardeau County, Cass County, Clay County, Cole County, Franklin County, Greene County, Jasper County, Newton County, St. Charles County, and the City of St. Louis, can be searched, with 16 additional counties in progress. The Office will continue adding county expenditure data as it becomes available.
Visitors to the Checkbook can examine expenditure data detailing funds, departments, vendors, payment descriptions, and totals for the available government entities.
“Government transparency is essential to a functioning republic,” Treasurer Fitzpatrick said. “As Treasurer, I will always strive to improve transparency because I want Missourians to trust that their government is working for them and their tax dollars are being spent wisely. Increased transparency helps facilitate that trust and I am hopeful that more county leaders will volunteer to participate in the local government checkbook.”
In 2020, Treasurer Fitzpatrick announced the expansion of the Show-Me Checkbook to include local governments. He also facilitated aggregating state expenditures related to CARES Act funding in one portal on the Treasurer’s Office website for Missourians to search.
The Show-Me Checkbook, launched by the Treasurer’s Office in 2018, is one of the most comprehensive state financial data portals in the country. The Local Governments section of the Show-Me Checkbook can be found at https://treasurer.mo.gov/ShowMeCheckbook/localgovernment
In 2020, the Treasurer’s Office had a sunshine request response time of less than a day. Sunshine Week celebrates open government and access to public information. It runs from March 14-21.
To kick off Sunshine Week, Missouri State Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick today announced that Cape Girardeau County is the 10th county to provide spending data for the local government checkbook. This is part of his ongoing commitment to ensuring a more efficient and transparent government at all levels.
Spending data from ten local governments, Cape Girardeau County, Cass County, Clay County, Cole County, Franklin County, Greene County, Jasper County, Newton County, St. Charles County, and the City of St. Louis, can be searched, with 16 additional counties in progress. The Office will continue adding county expenditure data as it becomes available.
Visitors to the Checkbook can examine expenditure data detailing funds, departments, vendors, payment descriptions, and totals for the available government entities.
“Government transparency is essential to a functioning republic,” Treasurer Fitzpatrick said. “As Treasurer, I will always strive to improve transparency because I want Missourians to trust that their government is working for them and their tax dollars are being spent wisely. Increased transparency helps facilitate that trust and I am hopeful that more county leaders will volunteer to participate in the local government checkbook.”
In 2020, Treasurer Fitzpatrick announced the expansion of the Show-Me Checkbook to include local governments. He also facilitated aggregating state expenditures related to CARES Act funding in one portal on the Treasurer’s Office website for Missourians to search.
The Show-Me Checkbook, launched by the Treasurer’s Office in 2018, is one of the most comprehensive state financial data portals in the country. The Local Governments section of the Show-Me Checkbook can be found at https://treasurer.mo.gov/ShowMeCheckbook/localgovernment
In 2020, the Treasurer’s Office had a sunshine request response time of less than a day. Sunshine Week celebrates open government and access to public information. It runs from March 14-21.
