Comptroller Kevin Lembo has called on all of Connecticut’s quasi-public agencies to voluntarily provide his office with checkbook-level financial data annually to incorporate in OpenConnecticut, the state’s financial transparency website.
Lembo said this step is necessary for Connecticut to maintain its leadership – or even keep up with neighboring states – on open government, transparency and accountability.
The comptroller said quasi-public agencies are set apart from other state government agencies by design, relieving them of some – though not all – requirements that apply to other agencies in order to allow them to respond to challenges and opportunities more expediently and efficiently than traditional government entities.
