New Castle County, Delaware

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New Castle County is one of three counties in Delaware. It is known as "the first county in the first state". The county seat is Wilmington.

As of 2000, its population was 500,265.

Contents 1 Website evaluation 2 The good 3 The bad 4 Lobbying 5 External links 6 References

[edit] Website evaluation

Main article: Evaluation of Delaware county websites

[edit] The good

• Give detailed budget information
• Meeting information is provided
• Building permits and zoning information is available

[edit] The bad

• Tax information is scarce
• Information on elected and administrative official is scant
• The information on how to request public records using the Delaware Freedom of Information Act is unclear.

[edit] Lobbying

In 2008, New Castle County reported $120,000 spent on lobbying. ^[1]

[edit] External links

• New Castle County website
• New Castle County on E-Reference
• New Castle County Chamber of Commerce
• New Castle Airport
• New Castle County Council Meeting Website
• New Castle County Council Members Website
• New Castle County Free Public Records Directory
• NCCo Council shuts door on open government measure, Community Pub, April 29, 2009

[edit] References

1. ↑ New Castle County Lobbying Report

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