Washoe County, Nevada

B-


Budget	Y
Meetings	Y
Elected Officials	Y
Administrative Officials	Y
Permits, zoning	Y
Audits	Y
Contracts	N
Lobbying	N
Public records	N
Local taxes	Y
Transparency grading process

1 Website evaluation
2 Lobbying
3 External links
4 References

Washoe County is one of 16 counties in Nevada. The population was 339,486 at the 2000 census; 2006 Census Bureau estimates listed a population of 396,428. Its county seat is Reno.

Washoe County is part of the Reno–Sparks Metropolitan Statistical Area.

[edit] Website evaluation

[edit] The good

The website has budget information available. ^[1]
The website has audit information available. ^[2]
The website has meeting information available. ^[3]
The website has information on elected and administrative officials. ^[4]
The website has tax information available. ^[5]

[edit] The bad

No information on how to file for public records.
Does not disclose whether it belongs to taxpayer-funded lobbying associations.

[edit] Upgrade

Washoe County has said they're in the process of redesigning their website to be more usable and transparent. The new website will allow the county to embed video steaming, property information look-up, better access to requesting public records, along with tracking of the requests.^[6]^[7]

[edit] Lobbying

Main article: Nevada taxpayer-funded lobbying

Washoe County has 11 registered lobbyists.^[8] Subsidiaries of the county also have registered lobbyists.

Subsidiary	Lobbyists
Washoe County District Attorney's Office	1
Washoe County District Health Department	1
Washoe County Public Defender	1
Washoe County Sheriff's Office	1
Washoe County Regional Transportation Commission	3
Washoe County	11
Washoe County Social Services	2
Washoe County Water Resources	1

The total amount of lobbyists registered to Washoe County and subsidiaries is 21. ^[9]

[edit] External links

Washoe County, Nevada

[edit] References

v • d • e Nevada counties

Churchill • Clark • Douglas • Elko • Esmeralda • Eureka • Humboldt • Lander • Lincoln • Lyon • Mineral • Nye • Pershing • Storey • Washoe • White Pine

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