New State Capital Outlay Dashboard Helps Los Alamos County Monitor Project Funds

A new online tool now gives Los Alamos County residents and officials transparent, interactive access to state capital outlay funding for schools, roads, parks, water systems and other infrastructure projects. The New Mexico Department of Finance and Administration launched the user-friendly dashboard as part of its Capital Projects System on January 23, 2026, making legislative appropriations, expenditures and project progress searchable and filterable statewide.

The platform tracks funds approved by the Legislature and allows users to monitor project status and ensure compliance with appropriation reversion periods, a feature county finance staff say will be useful when managing local matches or scheduling work to avoid losing allocated dollars. The dashboard includes recent data for public school projects, water trust projects, colonias, tribal infrastructure, housing trust, art in public places and other earmarks, enabling detailed views of where money is going and how quickly it is being spent.

“This dashboard gives us a powerful tool to track project timelines and ensure capital funds are deployed efficiently across the state,” said DFA Secretary Wayne Propst. “This level of visibility benefits everyone involved in the capital outlay process, as well as providing the public greater transparency in capital outlay than ever before.”

For Los Alamos County, where school facilities, water systems and road maintenance are recurring budget priorities, the dashboard offers a way to check the status of state-supported projects without filing public records requests or waiting for quarterly reports. County commissioners, the Los Alamos Public Schools board and Public Works staff can use the site to compare line-item appropriations with actual expenditures, monitor contractor payment schedules and flag projects approaching reversion deadlines.

The interface allows users to filter by project type, geography and legislative earmark, and to drill down to spending and progress updates. Residents concerned about local park improvements, school renovations or water system upgrades can use caps.nm.gov to see whether projects have been funded, how much has been spent and what remains to be completed. The visibility also supports local advocacy and oversight during budget cycles and capital planning.

The new dashboard aligns state fiscal oversight with local accountability by making appropriation details public and searchable. For Los Alamos County officials who coordinate state and local funding streams, the tool should simplify grant management and scheduling, helping avoid forfeited funds and better align work with community priorities.

Residents and officials can visit caps.nm.gov to view specific projects and follow spending and progress in real time. Greater transparency may shift how local leaders plan capital work and how the community monitors investments in schools, roads and essential services going forward.