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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: April 4, 2017 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 4-a <br /> SUBJECT: 2017 Sunshine Award from North Carolina Open Government Coalition <br /> DEPARTMENT: Clerk to the Board, <br /> Community Relations, <br /> County Attorney, County <br /> Manager, Finance and <br /> Administrative Services, <br /> and Information <br /> Technologies <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> 1) Sunshine Award Nomination Email Todd McGee, Director, Community <br /> 2) Press Release Relations, (919) 245-2302 <br /> PURPOSE: To receive the 2017 Sunshine Award from North Carolina Open Government <br /> Coalition recognizing Orange County for its efforts to achieve the transparency goals of the <br /> Board of Commissioners and County administration. <br /> BACKGROUND: The N.C. Open Government Coalition sponsors an annual Sunshine Awards <br /> ceremony to honor people and organizations whose work helps keep the public informed about <br /> their governments. The coalition honors one outstanding journalist, one government employee <br /> or organization, and one advocate for transparency each year. The awards have been given out <br /> since 2015. Orange County is the first county government to be recognized in the Government <br /> category. A representative from the N.C. Open Government Coalition will present the award to <br /> the Board of Commissioners. <br /> Orange County was chosen because of its efforts to provide information online to ease access <br /> for the general public. Those services have continually expanded as technology has evolved. In <br /> November 2016, Orange County created a new online financial data reporting tool. This online <br /> database makes county financial information available to the public on the Orange County <br /> website (www.orangecountync.gov/transparency). <br /> Meeting agendas, contracts, the County budget, Board of County Commissioner's "OCBOCC" <br /> emails, audit reports and on-demand video recordings of County Commissioner's meetings are <br /> also available through the website. <br /> FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no financial impact associated with this item. <br />