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May 20, 2025
LANSING, Mich. – Today, representatives from the Michigan Department of State (MDOS), Tyler Technologies, and the Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget (DTMB) testified at a joint hearing of the Michigan House Committee on Oversight and the General Government Subcommittee regarding the development and implementation of the Michigan Transparency Network (MiTN).
MiTN is the state’s new consolidated online reporting system for personal financial disclosure, campaign finance, lobbying and legal defense fund information. The previous campaign finance reporting systems were old, out of date, and spread across multiple platforms.
After the successful 2024 rollout of an online Personal Financial Disclosure Portal with only a few months lead time because of implementing legislation, and a new Lobby Disclosure Portal earlier this year, MDOS recently launched the new version of the Campaign Finance Committee module to accompany these tools. The latest module upgrade required a massive migration and conversion of old data from the old Michigan Electronic Reporting and Tracking System (MERTS) into the new system. The difficulty and time associated with that task caused delays, errors, and problems with the system’s performance.
“The current performance and usability of all functions of the MiTN system is below [Secretary Benson’s] standard of excellence and we will be working nights and weekends until it is fixed, said Christina Anderson, Michigan Department of State chief of staff. “The problems with the MiTN launch are deeply serious to us. We have a dedicated, talented team along with our top executives engaged in resolving this. . . We will not pay another dime on this project until the system meets our standards, and I know that my team and the team at Tyler are committed to making this work, quickly.”
As part of the department’s continuing commitment to transparency, MDOS has launched a new webpage to track existing technical issues, recent fixes, and FAQs for each MiTN module: Michigan.gov/MiTNInformation
MDOS and Tyler Technologies are now working to implement substantial improvements by the filing deadline for candidate committees on July 25.
“Secretary Benson has a firm commitment to transparency and to making government work for everyone,” Anderson said. “We know we aren’t there yet on MiTN, but like the other systems we’ve overhauled, we won’t stop until we have a system that is accessible, useful, useable and secure.”
READ: Full MDOS testimony to House Oversight Committee, General Government Subcommittee
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