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Cowley County, Kansas

Cowley County is one of 105 counties in Kansas.

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

[edit] Website evaluation

Main article: Evaluation of Kansas county websites

[edit] The good

• The website has budget information online. ^[1]
• The website has county commission meeting information. ^[2]
• The website has elected officials information. ^[3]
• The website has administrative officials information. ^[4]
• The website has tax information and online tax payment. ^[5]

[edit] The bad

• The website does not have information on building permits, zoning, audits, contracts, lobbying, or public records.

[edit] Freedom of Information

• Cowley County's site discusses its effective transparency through the Kansas Open Records Act ^[6] and offers a list of available records through the Freedom of Information Act as well.
• They list a Freedom of Information Officer:

Karen Brooks, County Clerk

311 E 9th

Winfield, KS, 67156

Phone: (620) 221-5400 or (620) 441-4500

[edit] External links

Cowley County

• Cowley County official website
• Cowley County employee payroll 2010, Kansas Watchdog
• Cowley County Information
• Cowley County on Epodunk

[edit] References

1. ↑ Budget Information
2. ↑ Meeting Information
3. ↑ From the home page, move your cursor over the Elected Officials tab on top of the page.
4. ↑ From the home page, move your cursor over the Departments tab on top of the page.
5. ↑ Tax Information
6. ↑ http://www.cowleycounty.org/freedom.htm

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