▸SECTION 1
Chapter 7 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 4S the following section:-
▸SECTION 4T
(a) As used in this section, the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings:
“Executive agencies”, all departments, commissions, offices, boards, divisions, institutions and other agencies within the executive department of the government of the commonwealth.
“The office”, the executive office for administration and finance.
(b) The office shall establish and, on an annual basis or on a more frequent basis as determined by the secretary, update a public, interactive dashboard with aggregate and disaggregated data on all grant awards made by executive agencies and all quasi-public agencies of the commonwealth that fiscal year. Executive agencies and all quasi-public agencies of the commonwealth shall furnish the office with all data requested by the office that is needed to populate the dashboard. The dashboard shall be hosted on the office’s website and the data shall be downloadable by members of the public. Data included in the dashboard shall be sortable by different categories to provide for additional analysis, including, but not limited to, analysis of geographic equity in state grant funding, and identification of patterns and trends. Said categories shall include, but not be limited to: (i) year over year changes in funding for specific grant programs; (ii) total and per capita grant awards by municipality; (iii) total and per capita grant awards by county; (iv) executive agency or quasi-public agency of the commonwealth responsible for administering the grant; (v) grant topic, such as education, agriculture, health, or environment; and (vi) total amount of grant funding available for that fiscal year versus total amount of grant funding appropriated.
(c) The office shall provide an annual report to the house and senate committees on ways and means, the joint committee on municipalities and regional government and the clerks of the house and the senate, not later than October 31, on geographic equity in all state grant awards. The report shall provide an overview of grant funding awards from the past fiscal year, including, but not limited to, comprehensive summaries of the information required by clauses i to vi, inclusive, of this act, and recommendations for increasing geographic equity in grant awards and grant distribution in the next fiscal year. The office shall make the report publicly available on its website.
▸SECTION 2
The dashboard referenced in section 1 of this act shall be established and hosted on the executive office for administration and finance’s website no later than 1 year after the effective date of this act.
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SECTION 1. Chapter 7 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 4S the following section:-
Section 4T.(a) As used in this section, the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings:
“Executive agencies”, all departments, commissions, offices, boards, divisions, institutions and other agencies within the executive department of the government of the commonwealth.
“The office”, the executive office for administration and finance.
(b) The office shall establish and, on an annual basis or on a more frequent basis as determined by the secretary, update a public, interactive dashboard with aggregate and disaggregated data on all grant awards made by executive agencies and all quasi-public agencies of the commonwealth that fiscal year. Executive agencies and all quasi-public agencies of the commonwealth shall furnish the office with all data requested by the office that is needed to populate the dashboard. The dashboard shall be hosted on the office’s website and the data shall be downloadable by members of the public. Data included in the dashboard shall be sortable by different categories to provide for additional analysis, including, but not limited to, analysis of geographic equity in state grant funding, and identification of patterns and trends. Said categories shall include, but not be limited to: (i) year over year changes in funding for specific grant programs; (ii) total and per capita grant awards by municipality; (iii) total and per capita grant awards by county; (iv) executive agency or quasi-public agency of the commonwealth responsible for administering the grant; (v) grant topic, such as education, agriculture, health, or environment; and (vi) total amount of grant funding available for that fiscal year versus total amount of grant funding appropriated.
(c) The office shall provide an annual report to the house and senate committees on ways and means, the joint committee on municipalities and regional government and the clerks of the house and the senate, not later than October 31, on geographic equity in all state grant awards. The report shall provide an overview of grant funding awards from the past fiscal year, including, but not limited to, comprehensive summaries of the information required by clauses i to vi, inclusive, of this act, and recommendations for increasing geographic equity in grant awards and grant distribution in the next fiscal year. The office shall make the report publicly available on its website.
SECTION 2. The dashboard referenced in section 1 of this act shall be established and hosted on the executive office for administration and finance’s website no later than 1 year after the effective date of this act.