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Bucks County is a county in Pennsylvania. The county seat is Doylestown.
[edit] Website evaluation
- Main article: Evaluation of Pennsylvania county websites
[edit] The good
- Budget information is given. [1]
- Meeting info is given, including agendas, minutes and full audio accounts. [2]
- Elected Officials are listed with contact info[3]
- Administrative Officials are listed with contact info[4]
- Zoning information is given. [5]
- Public records are accessible. [6]
- Current bid information provided, current contracts are not.[7]
[edit] The bad
- Lobbying information is not mentioned
- Local tax information is partially given
- Building permit information is not provided.
[edit] Public Records
The county has appointed an Open Records Officer as a central point of contact for all record requests. The ORO is guided by the state's new Open Records Law that went into effect on January 1, 2009.
The county's 911 documentation policy that went into effect November 1, 2008, has come under fire from a media lawyer. Melissa Melewsky, an attorney for the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association lists multiple problems with the policy, including "the policy’s unclear definition of 911 records to its restrictions regarding time response logs and the fees it sets". County spokepeople indicate that the policy is meant to get the county into compliance with the new Right to Know Law going into effect Jan. 1, 2009, but Melewsky believes that it will have the opposite effect, and suggests revision. [8]
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