Madison County, Virginia
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Madison County is one of 95 counties in Virginia. According to the 2000 Census, its population was 12,520.
[edit] Website evaluation
- Main article: Evaluation of Virginia county websites
[edit] The good
- Contact information for county board members is listed.[1]
- Contact information for county administrative officials is provided on the individual departments' sections of the website.[2]
[edit] The bad
- No term dates available for board members.
- Board meeting agendas are not accessible to the public.[3]
- Board meeting minutes are available for previous years but not for the most current year.[4]
- Only the current year's county budget is posted.[5]
- No audited annual financial reports are available.
- No listings of current bid requests or recently awarded contracts are posted.
- No information about taxes and rates is provided.
- No information about FOIA requests is posted, and no record of the county's FOIA compliance is available.
- There is no information regarding any relations with lobbying associations the county might have. But the Virginia Association of Counties[6] lists the county as a member.
- The search function limits the number of characters that can be entered.
[edit] External links
- Madison County Website
- Madison County Chamber of Commerce
- Madison County Public Schools
- Madison County on e-Reference
- Madison County on US Census
[edit] References
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