In 2005, the Wisconsin Legislative approved the Contract Sunshine Act. The law requires that state agencies report and make available on a website information about all contracts of $10,000 or more. Transparency in government contracting was a primary reason behind the law.
In a letter dated March 16, 2010, three legislators wrote to Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle expressing their concern with the lack of compliance by state agencies with the law. According to a recently released report, only 14 of the 98 agencies covered by the law had reported any information. The legislators asked the Governor to "instruct state agency officials to comply with this law."
The agencies that have reported contract information have submitted the information in a variety of different formats. In addition to ensuring compliance with reporting requirements, the online information would be more useful if it were reported in a consistent format.
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