Oklahoma Ethics Commission seeks $1 million to finish new filing system, requests recurring funding for local reporting

Lee Ann Bruce Boone, executive director of the Oklahoma Ethics Commission, told the House Appropriations and Budget Committee the commission secured a vendor to replace its Guardian electronic filing system and intends to own the replacement system’s source code.

Boone said the commission selected a vendor who built Texas’s e‑file system and that the new contract gives the state an opportunity to own source code once implemented. “What’s really exciting about this opportunity is, not just an opportunity to modernize, but we have the opportunity to own our own source code when this is done,” she said.

Boone described several accomplishments and outstanding needs: the commission offered more than 10 trainings in a recent quarter, implemented a pilot diversionary program for first‑time filers, expanded its compliance…