As a result of the recent “transparency” movement throughout the country and based on the passage of Resolution No. 93, Series 2011 by Louisville Metro government, all the boards and commissions in Louisville Metro are required to publish their financial and contractual information on a web site.

Each section of the OpenMSD web site contains a statement at the end of the initial page telling the user how often the information in that section is updated. However, to briefly summarize, expenditure data is updated daily, salary information is updated weekly (MSD pays its employees on a weekly basis); agreements and purchase orders are updated as they are approved, while other information is posted on various timeframes as the data becomes available.

Most of the OpenMSD pages have a link that can be used to download the data on the screen to an Excel spreadsheet for further use. In addition, all the data used to generate the revenue, expenditure and salary information pages can be downloaded in a tab delimited file format that can be imported into your application of choice. The raw data files will be updated as the original data online is updated. In the case of revenue and expenditure data, updates will be on a daily basis through the work week, while the employee salary data will be updated on a weekly basis. Click here to access the MSD Records web page.

All financial data reported on the OpenMSD website is based on MSD’s Fiscal year (July1 – June 30). Other data like Board meetings, customer service and employee salaries are based on the calendar year because that’s generally how most people think about those activities. MSD contracts are posted by a mix of calendar and fiscal year or whenever they are issued. Contracts are often based on when a service starts and may be finished during the year or several years later depending on what is being asked of the vendor.

At the end of each section within the OpenMSD site is a link labeled “Click here for Questions / Comments” so click on it to bring up a form that can be filled out with your question. It will go directly to the subject matter expert on that particular topic. In addition you can call 505-587-0603 to reach our Customer Relations department or submit your question or service request using MSD's Online Service Center.