Want to know how the city is spending your tax dollars?

Jump on your computer and go to this website — www.data.richmondgov.com.

On the site, you can check out a payment register that shows the non-payroll checks the City of Richmond has written, who got paid and how much they were paid.

Mayor Dwight C. Jones launched the new “Open Data Portal” on Monday.

The city’s action follows in the footsteps of the Richmond School Board, which began posting its check register last year.

“We are making this data available to advance transparency in government,” said Mayor Jones.

The new program still has glitches, including posting duplicates of the same check. The portal went live six months after City Council passed an ordinance requiring the information be made public.

In a release issued Monday touting the website as an advance in transparency, Douglas McCollough, director of the city’s Department of Information Technology, stated, “The departments of information technology and finance have been working for more than a year to provide this tool to residents.”

So far, only checks written in May have been posted, according to the release. The check data is to be updated monthly.

The new portal also gives residents access to data on city real estate assessments and results of an annual survey of residents’ satisfaction with city services and schools.

Data on vehicle accidents involving pedestrians and bicycles also is available.

Other data is expected.

According to the city administration, all data appearing on the portal first will be reviewed and approved for release by an Open Data Workgroup and the directors of the departments that own the data.