Government records database launched
Source: By David Spett, Post-Gazette (PA), Wednesday, July 23, 2008
State Treasurer Robin L. Wiessmann yesterday showed off a new Web site that features a database of government contracts the public can access. She said the state's new right-to-know law required creation of the database, known as the Pennsylvania Contracts e-Library. The open records law, signed in February, increases public access to government records.
...... She said "virtually all" government departments are required to post their contracts with private companies in the database.
......... . Lawmakers granted a few exemptions to certain departments, like the Department of Justice, that wanted to have their own separate databases.