East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana

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East Baton Rouge Parish is one of sixty-four parishes in Louisiana. A parish, in Louisiana, is the equivalent of a county in other states. The parish seat is Baton Rouge, Louisiana's state capital. As of 2000, the population was 412,852.

[edit] Website evaluation

Main article: Evaluation of Louisiana parish websites

[edit] The good

  • An inspection of the website finds that it includes information about who is on the metropolitan council (the governing agency) of the parish and their contact information.[1]
  • Budget Information is published online.[2]
  • Meeting information and agendas are available online. However, past agendas do not appear to be archived.[4]
  • The administrative staff of the Mayor-President is listed, along with contact information.[5]
  • Building permit information is available in PDF forms.[6]

[edit] The bad

  • Audit information is not available.
  • Tax information is not available.
  • No information on Parish contracts is available.

See also:
To compare this parish with other Louisiana parishes, see Websites of the Louisiana parishes.

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[edit] References

  1. Board and Council Members
  2. Budget Information
  3. Public Information Office
  4. Meetings and Agendas
  5. Mayor's Staff
  6. Permit and Inspection Division