Commonwealth
DataPoint, launched November
1, 2005, is an internet
database, located on the Auditor of Public Account’s
website, of key information about the Commonwealth of Virginia
and the operations of state government. This database
is the result of legislation passed with overwhelming support
within the Virginia General Assembly, to ensure the public
has readily accessible demographic data, and detailed state
financial figures available. This website continues Virginia’s
efforts to promote the transparency of state government operations.
Virginia has been recognized as one of the states in the
forefront promoting these efforts, and is one of only 5 states
to receive a grade of A- from the independent Government
Performance Project in the category of “information”.
Commonwealth DataPoint includes state government financial data. Users can
view budget, revenue, and expense information from the statewide
level down to individual agency transactions. Commonwealth
DataPoint allows the user to display and analyze data in
multiple ways. Examples of information that can be found
on Commonwealth DataPoint include:
• Budget data at statewide, secretariat, agency, fund, and function
levels
• Budget to Actual analysis at the statewide, secretariat, agency, and function
level
• Expense data at statewide, secretariat, agency, fund, program, object code,
and vendor levels
• Revenue data at statewide, secretariat, agency, revenue source code, and
fund levels
• Detailed small purchase charge card transactions by statewide, secretariat,
or agency
• Analysis of general fund spending by locality and state agency
• Selected demographic information relating to population, income, workforce,
schools, license and vehicle, and food stamps
Commonwealth DataPoint has extensive search capabilities which allow the user
to locate expense transactions by any one or combination of the following criteria:
vendor name, agency, object code, or fiscal year.
In addition to the state financial data, Commonwealth DataPoint
also includes detailed local government expense and revenue data by locality.
This data is also available for display and analyze in various ways. Because
the Auditor of Public Accounts obtains the information presented in Commonwealth
DataPoint from a number of sources we have tried to standardize the presentation
and format for ease of readability. However, we caution the user that both
financial numbers and demographic data are not audited information and may
require some review or additional research.
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