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- Information on contracts that is provided is outdated, as of 2005.[9]
- County commission meeting agendas that are published are outdated, linking to old agendas, not the meeting being referenced.[10]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.
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ↑ Commissioners
- ↑ County offices
- ↑ Taxes
- ↑ Audits
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ Bowie County
- ↑ Commissioners
- ↑ County offices
- ↑ Contracts
- ↑ Agendas


