Maryland creates online database of business incentives – Maryland Finance Tracker,

Maryland’s business and economic development arm has begun to publish an online database of the financial incentives that the state provides to companies when they promise to create jobs, open new facilities or otherwise contribute to the economy.

The database is one of several Web-based tools that the agency has created of late as it aims to increase transparency, in part because a government watchdog criticized its disclosure practices, said Andrea Vernot, assistant secretary for marketing and communications.

Maryland Finance Tracker http://choosemaryland.org/businessresources/Pages/FinanceTracker.aspx

By Steven Overly

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