Bowie County, Texas

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Bowie County, Texas is one of 254 counties in Texas.

[edit] Website evaluation

Main article: Evaluation of Texas county websites

[edit] The good

  • The names and some contact information for all county commissioners is provided. There are no email addresses.[1]
  • The names and some contact information for all administrative officials is provided. Most don't show email addresses.[2]
  • Tax rate information is provided.[3]
  • Audit reports are published.[4]
  • The current full budget is not published, but the 2006-2008 Comprehensive Budgets have been added.[5]
  • Establishes that it is a member of the Texas Association of Counties, a taxpayer-funded lobbying association, on its homepage. [6]

[edit] The bad

  • The names and some contact information for all county commissioners is provided. There are no email addresses.[7]
  • The names and some contact information for all administrative officials is provided. Most don't show email addresses.[8]
  • Information on contracts that is provided is outdated, as of 2005.[9]
  • County commission meeting agendas that are published are outdated, linking to old agendas, not the meeting being referenced.[10]
  • Minutes for county commissioner meetings are not provided.
  • The current Comprehensive Budget is not posted.
  • There is no extensive information on lobbying available.
  • There is no information on building permits and zoning, administrative officials, and public records.
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[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. Commissioners
  2. County offices
  3. Taxes
  4. Audits
  5. [1]
  6. Bowie County
  7. Commissioners
  8. County offices
  9. Contracts
  10. Agendas