Seventy-two Cities and Towns Recognized During Sunshine Week
Last week, during Sunshine Week, Common Cause Massachusetts recognized seventy-two cities and towns for posting all their key governance records online. I have not been able to post anything here about the event until now because we were busy reviewing the municipal websites to make sure that every city and town that should be recognized was recognized. The Worcester Telegram and Gazette had a very good story about the event on March 11, 2007. The event took place at the State House on March 15, 2007, in Nurses Hall. It was very well attended. It was a great opportunity to meet and recognize local officials and volunteers who sometimes toil away with little recognition or appreciation. Pictures from the event can be viewed amd downloaded from the Massachusetts Campaign for Open Government Website.
If your city or town was recognized, please let your town officials know that you appreciate their efforts to make access to public records easier and that you hope it will continue in the future. If you city or town was not recognized, then ask your public officials why not.
If your city or town was recognized, please let your town officials know that you appreciate their efforts to make access to public records easier and that you hope it will continue in the future. If you city or town was not recognized, then ask your public officials why not.
10 Comments:
Watertown does meet all the criteria for a TC9 type government. You can find their Town rules/bylaws on this webpage,
http://ci.watertown.ma.us/index.asp?NID=441 Why were they not included with the other 73 communities that rec'd the statewide award?
Thank you, Historical Society of Watertown, for your question as to why Watertown was not recognized on March 15th.
I looked at the page you provided in your post and could not find a link to the Watertown bylaws. I found a link to the Town Council rules, but those are not bylaws or ordinances. Are they located elsewhere on the Watertown site?
Before deciding on which communities would be recognized at the State house on March 15th, Common Cause Massachusetts volunteers reviewed all the community websites for a third time. In addition, the organization also sent letters out to communities explaining the Massachusetts Campaign for Open Government project and the March 15th event. Communities which notified Common Cause that their city or town website did post all the key governance records online as a result of the letter were added to the list of communities recognized.
Watertown should have received such a letter, but I don't believe anyone from Watertown notified Common Cause. If Watertown does post its bylaws or ordinances online, then we will make the correction to the information we have for it on the Massachusetts Campaign for Open Government website. Please let us know what the correct link is. However, if Watertown does not yet post the town's bylaws online, then please encourage them to do so.
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