Douglas County, Nebraska

From Sunshine Review

Jump to: navigation, search
Budget
Meetings
Elected Officials
Administrative Officials
Permits, zoning
Audits
Contracts
Lobbying
Public records
Local taxes
County websites

Contents

Douglas County, Nebraska is one of 93 counties in Nebraska.

It is Nebraska's most populous county. The population as of the 2000 census was 463,585, making Douglas County home to over one-quarter of the state's total population. Omaha, Nebraska is its county seat.

Douglas County was established in 1854.[1]

It is governed by a board of seven county commissioners who are elected to four year terms.

[edit] Website evaluation

Main article: Evaluation of Nebraska county websites

[edit] The good

  • The names and contact information for all county commissioners is provided.[2]
  • County commissioner meeting agendas and minutes are published.[3][4]
  • The current budget is published.[5]
  • Tax information is available.[6]
  • Information on building permits and zoning is provided.[7]
  • Information on contracts is available.[8]

[edit] The bad

  • There is no information on administrative officials, audits, lobbying, and public records.

[edit] County investigator faces charges

David Kofoed, the director of Douglas County’s crime scene investigations unit, was charged in April 2009 by the U.S. Attorney's office in Omaha with four counts of tampering with physical evidence related to a 2006 murder case. The maximum penalty Kofoed faces is twenty years in prison.[9]

[edit] External links

Working for accountable government now


[edit] References

  1. ↑ "About Douglas County: History." Douglas County
  2. ↑ Commissioners
  3. ↑ Agendas
  4. ↑ Minutes
  5. ↑ Budget
  6. ↑ Tax rates
  7. ↑ Permits and zoning
  8. ↑ Contracts
  9. ↑ KETV-7, "Federal Charges Filed Against CSI Director", April 23, 2009
v • d • e
Nebraska counties
Adams • Antelope • Arthur • Banner • Blaine • Boone • Box Butte • Boyd • Brown • Buffalo • Burt • Butler • Cass • Cedar • Chase • Cherry • Cheyenne • Clay • Colfax • Cuming • Custer • Dakota • Dawes • Dawson • Deuel • Dixon • Dodge • Douglas • Dundy • Fillmore • Franklin • Frontier • Furnas • Gage • Garden • Garfield • Gosper • Grant • Greeley • Hall • Hamilton • Harlan • Hayes • Hitchcock • Holt • Hooker • Howard • Jefferson • Johnson • Kearney • Keith • Keya Paha • Kimball • Knox • Lancaster • Lincoln • Logan • Loup • Madison • McPherson • Merrick • Morrill • Nance • Nemaha • Nuckolls • Otoe • Pawnee • Perkins • Phelps • Pierce • Platte • Polk • Red Willow • Richardson • Rock • Saline • Sarpy • Saunders • Scotts Bluff • Seward • Sheridan • Sherman • Sioux • Stanton • Thayer • Thomas • Thurston • Valley • Washington • Wayne • Webster • Wheeler • York
Retrieved from "http://sunshinereview.org/index.php/Douglas_County,_Nebraska"