Fauquier County, Virginia

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Fauquier County is one of 95 counties in Virginia. According to the 2000 Census, its population was 55,139.

[edit] Website evaluation

Main article: Evaluation of Virginia county websites

[edit] The good

• County board members' contact information and term dates are posted.^[1]

• Board meeting agendas^[2] and minutes^[3] for current and past years are available. Meetings can also be viewed on the local cable channel.^[4]

• Contact information for county administrative officials is listed on the individual departments' web pages.

• County budgets^[5] and audited annual financial reports^[6] for present and past years are posted.

• Listings of current bid requests^[7] and current contracts^[8] are available.

• Taxes can be paid online.^[9]

• The website includes a link^[10] to the Virginia Association of Counties, of which the county is a member.^[11]

[edit] The bad

• Policies^[12][13]with respect to FOIA requests are posted, but no record of the county's FOIA compliance is available.

[edit] External links

Fauquier County

• Fauquier County Website
• Fauquier County Chamber of Commerce
• Fauquier County Department of Economic Development
• Fauquier County Public Schools
• Fauquier County on e-Reference
• Fauquier County on US Census

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