Atlanta - Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp today launched a new website that allows Georgians to view his agency's fiscal year 2011 Amended Zero-Based Budget.

The website will also feature monthly agency spending updates. Click here to view the Secretary of State's zero-based budgeting website.

Secretary Kemp stated, "When we draft and amend our annual spending blueprints, we utilize fiscally conservative business principles and continually seek ways to streamline our operations. Zero-based budgeting requires our division directors to justify each dollar and project they request in a bottom-up fashion, and these requests are thoroughly reviewed before receiving final approval."

The Secretary of State's zero-based budgeting website includes planned expenditures by category and line item within the agency's Administration, Archives, Corporations, Elections, Professional Licensing Boards and Securities divisions.

"The Secretary of State's Office is committed to transparent and accountable budgeting and spending. Zero-based budgeting ensures that our agency remains a responsible steward of taxpayer dollars and becomes more efficient in every agency division," Kemp added.

Brian Kemp has been Secretary of State since January, 2010. Among the office's wide-ranging responsibilities, the Secretary of State is charged with conducting efficient and secure elections, the registration of corporations, and the regulation of securities and professional license holders. The office also oversees the Georgia Archives and the Capitol Museum.