HB5853 Summary

• Establishes the Illinois Transparency and Accountability Portal (ITAP) requiring the Department of Central Management Services to maintain a website with a full-time webmaster to compile and update public information from state agencies and local governments.

• Requires ITAP to provide searchable databases of state employees and individual consultants (excluding sworn law enforcement), sorted by name, agency, division, position title, and current pay rate.

• Mandates ITAP include databases of state expenditures, contracts exceeding $10,000 (or $5,000 for professional services), development assistance, and revocations/suspensions of business certificates and professional licenses.

• Adds a link to contact information for each state agency including telephone numbers and website links, with each agency responsible for providing and updating their own information.

• Requires state agencies, counties, townships, library districts, and municipalities to cooperate with the Department in furnishing necessary information within specified timeframes.