Jefferson County, Colorado

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Jefferson County is one of 64 counties in Colorado. The county seat is Golden.

Contents

[edit] Website evaluation

Main article:Evaluation of Colorado county websites

[edit] The good

  • Budget information is available. [1]
  • Meetings are listed. [2]
  • Elected Officials are listed. [3]
  • Administrative officials are listed. [4]
  • Building permits are provided, [5] and zoning codes are provided although hard to navigate. [6]
  • Financial audit reports are available. [7]
  • Some information on obtaining public records is provided. [8]
  • The county hosts a "Transparent Jeffco" project to promote transparency in the county. [9]
  • Local taxes are partially provided. [10]

[edit] The bad

  • Complete public records search information is missing, and there is no search available online.
  • Tax information could be more complete.
  • There is no information on contracts or lobbying.

[edit] Lobbying

In 2008, Jefferson County reported $120,000 spent on lobbying. [11]


[edit] External links

[edit] References

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