The governor’s transparency site, NCOpenBook, is live. It includes minimal information on contracts and grants – hopefully to be filled in later.

What is there is remarkable enough:25 grant programs listed under “low income,” 28 under “economic development,” and 47 under “education.”

The site raises more questions than it answers. For starters, does the state really have no contracts with SAS? When will details be made available, or did ECU really pay $14,250 for a single Fujitsu Lifebook computer? When will the Controller’s checkbook be online?