Columbia County, Georgia
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Columbia County is one of 159 counties in Georgia. Its county seat is Appling.
[edit] Evaluation of website
- Main article: Evaluation of Georgia county websites
[edit] The good
- Budgets from 2006 to 2009 are posted.[1].
- Meeting times are listed for all county meetings.[2] County Commissioner Meeting agendas are available. [3]
- The County Commissioners and their contact information is listed[4].
- Contact information is available for the Administrators[5].
- Zoning and building permit information is available[6].
- Property tax information is provided and taxes can be paid online[7].
- Audit information posted in the annual reports.[8]
- Contracts are posted under their document query under "agreements."[9]
[edit] The bad
- The only information on making public records requests is fees. [10]
- The county does not disclose whether it belongs to taxpayer-funded lobbying associations.
[edit] External links
- Columbia County website
- Columbia County on E-Reference
- Columbia County Sheriff's Office
- Choose Columbia County
- Columbia County on Georgia.gov
- Columbia County on Epodunk
- August News, Rotten web site grade?, August 16, 2009
[edit] References
State of Georgia Atlanta (capital) | |
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| Transparency |
Open Records Act | Transparency Checklist | Government corruption reports | Transparency Legislation | Open Records procedures | Transparency Advocates | State budget | Taxpayer-funded lobbying associations | |
| Divisions |
State |
List of Counties |
List of Cities |
List of School Districts | |
| Government |
Georgia State Constitution | Executive | House of Representatives | Senate | |
| Judiciary |
Georgia Supreme Court | Judicial Activist Organizations | Judges in the news | |
| Ballot Measures |
2008 ballot measures | List of ballot measures | local ballot measures | Recall campaigns | School bond issues | Laws governing ballot measures | |


