In a new report, Hawaii received a “C” when it comes to government spending transparency.

That’s according to Following the Money 2015: How the 50 States Rate in Providing Online Access to Government Spending Data, the annual report by the U.S. Public Interest Research Group Education Fund.

Officials from Hawaii and 46 other states, says a press release, provided researchers with feedback on their initial evaluation of state transparency websites.

U.S. PIRG gov't transparency maps

U.S. PIRG

The good news: “This year’s report recognized more states as leaders than ever before, with all but two states allowing users to search the online checkbook by agency, keyword or vendor, or some combination of the three. Likewise, 44 states now provide checkbook-level data for one or more economic development subsidy programs.”

The bad news: “Hawaii remains a ‘middling’ state again this year, its score unchanged. Hawaii still does not provide vital data about its most expensive economic development subsidies, and fails to provide up to date tax expenditure reports.”

Still, the report notes that Hawaii overhauled the user interface of its website, “making the checkbook more easily navigable and welcoming to users. In order to make its quality website more useful, Hawaii should expand the checkbook to include data about subsidies.”

Hawaii’s government spending website is run by the State Procurement Office in the Department of Accounting and General Services.

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