LOUISIANA TRANSPARENCY SITES

Main page for the state's transparency effort, LaTrac:
http://wwwprd.doa.louisiana.gov/LaTrac/portal.cfm

Page to search for contracts that are up for bid by State agencies
http://wwwprd.doa.louisiana.gov/osp/lapac/pubmain.asp

Secretary of State's corporations database
http://www.sos.louisiana.gov/tabid/819/Default.aspx

Searchable database of awarded state contracts
https://ecat.doa.louisiana.gov/ecat/external/search/externalSearch.sdo

Search payments to vendors, if you have taxpayer ID number
https://wwwprd.doa.louisiana.gov/vendsearch/index2.cfm

Secretary of State's corporations database
http://www.sos.louisiana.gov/tabid/819/Default.aspx

School test scores from state education department
http://www.doe.state.la.us/lde/saa/2273.html

Times-Picayune database of state employee salaries
http://blog.nola.com/graphics/2009/02/search_for_state_employee_sala.html

NEW ORLEANS TRANSPARENCY SITES

Property information, through Tax Assessor's Office
http://www.opboa.org/Search/GenericSearch.aspx?mode=owner

Partial list of city contracts
http://egov.cityofno.com/ecrs_conview/

City contracts out for bids
http://www.purchasing.cityofno.com/bso/external/publicBids.sdo