How Does Your Government Stack Up? Open Government and Compliance Guidelines The idea of open and transparent governance in the United States has its roots in our desire to be governed by a representative and accountable body of lawmakers. Consistent with this line of thought, Texas’ Open Meetings Act was designed with clear and concise…
The Consumer Review Fairness Act (CRFA) protects people’s ability to share their honest opinions about a business’s products, services, or conduct, in any forum, including social media. Is your company complying? Contracts that prohibit honest reviews, or threaten legal action over them, harm people who rely on reviews when making their purchase decisions. But another…
Time to recognize the best local government agencies in the county for following recommendation of the Texas Comptroller in “providing clear and meaningful financial information through documents, visualizations and other formats”. Its great to learn about and to report six local government entities that meet or exceed the standards set by the Comptroller and their…
This database of compensation for MCAD employees is published by MCTXonline.com, We publish this information because we believe that disclosing how tax dollars are spent is in the public interest. For perspective The median salary for all positions at the Texas Comptroller’s office is around $79,000, but this varies significantly by position. The Comptroller position…
The Texas Comptroller guidelines for local government transparency state the following for posting Check registers. We present two sets of 2024 Montgomery Central Appraisal District ( MCAD ) Check registers on the tabs below for your review here. Downloadable Data Make at least two downloadable datasets available. The Comptroller’s office prescribes the general topic areas datasets must…
