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Boise, Idaho

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Budget Y
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Meetings Y
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Elected Officials P
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Administrative Officials N
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Permits, zoning Y
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Audits Y
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Contracts Y
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Lobbying N
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Public records Y
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Local taxes P
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Transparency grading process

Boise is the capital city in U.S. state of Idaho. It is one of 62 cities in the state.

Website evaluation

Main article: Evaluation of Idaho city websites

This website was most recently evaluated on 23 September 2012

The good

  • Budget
    • Budgets are available and archived for three years [1]
  • Meetings
    • Agendas [2] are available and archived for three years.
    • Meeting minutes [3] are available and archived for three years.
  • Elected officials
    • Mayor and city council are listed with names [4]
  • Administrative officials
    • Departments are listed [5]
  • Building Permits and Zoning
    • Building permits[6]
    • Zoning information [7]are available on the website.
  • Audits
    • Audits are posted and archived for three years [8]
  • Contracts
    • Bids and awarded contracts are available [9]
  • Public Records
    • Information on how to make a public records request is available, with records contact information [10]
  • City of Boise grants the access of government records to public.[11]
  • City of Boise's bids and RFPs are posted.[12]
  • Information on audits are available.[13]

The bad

  • Elected Officials
    • Email addresses are provided for some elected officials, but not all. Physical addresses and phone numbers are not provided.
  • Administrative Officials
    • Contact information is not listed for department heads.
  • Lobbying
  • Taxes
    • No recent tax information is available


External links

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References

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