The state government's goal of transparency seems to be working.

The Center for Study of Responsive Law, a nonprofit organization that researches government and corporate accountability in a June 2 report.

Kentucky was given high marks for its full list of state contracts.

Non-profits in our area are also familiar with the site and use it to help keep up with their own sources of funding.

Bowling Green-Warren County Human Rights Commission Executive Director, Linda McCray is a fan of the state's transparency website.

Among the things it provides her office is a chance to look at information regarding open state records.

"I think its a good tool for us to use for reference. It talks about open records, which we are all subject to as non-profits. We're subject to the "Open Meeting, Open Records Act".

It also gives her direct access to budget information that she will need to know to operate the Human Rights Commission.

"You can go look up the budget information if you have questions and look up other information," McCray says.

Deborah Williams of Housing Assistance and Development (HANDS) says she also finds the site to be useful for her office, but in a different way.

"I was particularly interested in the budget preparation on there for people who want to prepare a personal budget," notes Williams.

The site gives citizens access to state information like officials salaries, grants, all state contracts an expenditures.

20th District State Representative Democrat Jody Richards says the site is a way of giving to the citizens not privy to the inner-workings of Frankfort.

"So its important that citizens and groups can look on a website and readily have access to how the money's spent. I think its a feather in the cap of the state," he says.

"It gives citizens of the state of Kentucky a sense that they can make the agencies that work for them and are there to serve them accountable," adds McCray.