Houghton County, Michigan

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Houghton County is a county in Michigan.

Contents 1 Evaluating website transparency 1.1 The good 1.2 The bad 2 External Links 3 References

Evaluating website transparency

The good

• Meeting minutes are posted^[1].
• The Commissioners are listed, but no contact information is provided^[2].
• Contact information is provided for the Administrative departments, but not all of the officials have their individual contact info posted^[3].

The bad

• No budgets or audits are posted.
• No building or zoning information is available.
• No contracts or lobbying affiliations are listed.
• Public records are not mentioned.
• There is barely any tax information.

External Links

• Houghton County website

References

1. ↑ Meetings
2. ↑ Commissioners
3. ↑ [1]

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