Loudoun County, Virginia

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Loudoun County is a county in Northern Virginia, 25 miles west of Washington, D.C. Its population is approximately 285,000.

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Evaluating the Transparency of the County

The Good

  • Information about the Board of Supervisors, including contact information, is posted. [1]
  • Board meeting times and locations are posted.[2]
  • Board meetings are televised.
  • Documents from meetings are available online. [3]

The Bad

  • The budget itself is not posted online, though overviews and summaries are. [4]
  • Information about how to request public records is not posted, and county supervisors are seeking legislation that would limit access to e-mails sent or received by the Board of Supervisors. [5]

External Links

Loudoun County website

References

  1. Loudoun County Board of Supervisors
  2. Board of Supervisors Meetings
  3. Board of Supervisors Documents
  4. Fiscal Year 2009 Adopted Fiscal Plan
  5. Supervisors seek privacy, Loudoun Times-Mirror, November 19, 2008