Evaluation of Washington, D.C. website, 2008-2012
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DC.gov is the website for Washington, D.C..
Website evaluation
- Main article: Evaluation of state websites
This website was reviewed on January 26, 2012.
The good
- The site has a search function and is reasonably easy to navigate.
- The district has transparency resources.[1]
- Elected officials are listed with contact information on their pages.[2]
- Administrative officials are listed with contact information on department pages.
- Budgets are posted.[3]
- Audits are posted.[4]
- The district's checkbook register is posted online,[5] and contracts are posted in a searchable database.[6]
- Information and instructions on making public records requests are posted.[7]
- Tax information is available.[8]
- Information on the district ethics commission is available.[9]
The bad
- No information is available on lobbyists or Taxpayer-funded lobbying.
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ DC.gov, "Data & Transparency," accessed January 26, 2012
- ↑ DC.gov, "Elected Officials," accessed January 26, 2012 (dead link)
- ↑ DC.gov, "Budgets," accessed January 26, 2012 (dead link)
- ↑ DC.gov, "Financial Reports," accessed January 26, 2012
- ↑ DC.gov, "Accountability," accessed January 26, 2012
- ↑ DC.gov, "Contracts," accessed January 26, 2012
- ↑ DC.gov, "FOIA," accessed January 26, 2012
- ↑ DC.gov, "Department of Tax and Revenue," accessed January 26, 2012 (dead link)
- ↑ DC.gov, "Board of Elections and Ethics," accessed January 26, 2012