Richmond, Virginia
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Richmond is the capitol city of Virginia. It is an independent city and considered a county-equivalent.
[edit] Website evaluation
- Main article: Evaluation of Virginia county websites
[edit] The good
- Current budget highlights are available, but full budget does not appear to be online.[1]
- City council members listed with contact information.[2]
- Meeting schedule, minutes and agendas are available.[3]
- Administrative officials and their contact information are listed.[4]
- Audit reports are online.[5]
- Contract bids and proposals are online, but current contracts not available.[6]
- Local tax information is provided.[7]
- Zoning information is available.[8]
- Virginia Freedom of Information Act forms for the Dept. of Community Development[9] and VFOIA rules for public schools[10] are available, but there is no cohesive information on open records requests for the city.
[edit] The bad
- Building permits are not available.[11]
- Does not include information on Taxpayer-funded lobbying associations.
[edit] External links
- Official Richmond Website
- City Data - Richmond
- Richmond City Portal
- Richmond Convention and Visitors Bureau
