New Mexico State Senator Sander Rue explains the importance of transpare...

ALL Branches, ALL State Agency Employee Names and Salaries
on the State’s Website
Not Subject to Administration Whims

For Immediate Release January 25, 2012 Contact: 505-986-4702

Santa Fe – State Senator Sander Rue of Albuquerque said more state government employee names and salaries will be on New Mexico’s Sunshine Portal, and the requirement to put the information on the state’s website would be in state law and would not be at the whim of future governors, if his bill to expand the definition of “state agency” in the Sunshine Portal is passed.

The definition will be expanded to include all branches of government. If SB 30 passes, employee names, titles and salaries of the Executive, Judicial and Legislative branches of state government would be required to be included on the state’s website. Because they are state employees, school personnel including teachers and administrators would be included, too.