PUBLIC INFORMATION AND ACCOUNTABILITY
Transparency without the extra work.
Meetings, governing records, bids, projects, response statistics and public notices live on your own website, searchable and accessible.
AT A GLANCE
What a board, a reporter or a resident asks for, in one place.
Publish once on your department's own site and point people to it.
Meetings and records
Agendas, minutes, ordinances, resolutions, bylaws and policies.
Procurement
Bid notices with dates, contacts, documents and status.
Response statistics
Incident and response time charts drawn from structured data.
Public notices
Burn bans, road closures and boil-water notices with time windows.
MEETINGS AND GOVERNING RECORDS
Show how decisions are made.
Public bodies and their records each have a home on your site.
Meetings
Board, council and commission meetings with date, location and status of scheduled, held or cancelled.
Agendas and minutes
Each meeting carries its agenda and its minutes.
Governing records
Ordinances, resolutions, bylaws, policies and proclamations.
Record details
Each record has a record number, an adopted date, a summary and full text.
Documents and video on meetings
Attach documents and video to a meeting record, next to its agenda and minutes.
Projects
Capital and facility projects, such as a station build or an apparatus replacement, with status.
PROCUREMENT AND DATA
Bids and numbers people can read.
Open bids and response figures are published where residents already look.
Bid notices
RFP, RFQ, IFB and quote notices at /procurement.
Bid details
Number, category, issue date, questions deadline, due date, bid opening and contact.
Documents and status
Attach the bid documents and show whether the notice is open or closed.
Linked to the project
Connect a bid notice to the related project.
Addenda, questions and awards
Publish addenda, answer bidder questions and post award notices on the bid page.
Response statistics
Incidents and response times at /response-stats and in data charts.
Annual report and financial figures
Annual report and financial transparency figures drawn from structured data, so they stay accessible and easy to update.
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OPEN-RECORDS REQUESTS
Track every request to its response.
Keep a clear record of each request and when it is due.
Open-records request tracker
Follow each request from receipt to response in one place.
Deadlines for your state
The response deadline is calculated from your state’s rules.
Reminders before it is due
Staff get reminders before a request comes due.
A log of every step
Every step on a request is logged.
Send the response from the request
Staff send the response without leaving the request.
NOTICES, RECORDS AND ACCESSIBILITY
Reliable records and clear notices.
Keep residents informed and keep what they send you safe.
Alerts and public notices
Burn bans, road closures and boil-water notices with start and end windows.
Optional site-wide banner
Show an important notice across the whole site.
Protected form entries
Submitted form entries cannot be edited after they are sent.
Preserve a submission
Staff can preserve a submission when an open-records request or litigation requires it.
A staff Requests inbox
Request forms feed one inbox, so nothing is lost.
Accessibility statement
A statement page for the site and automated accessibility scanning across the site's building blocks.
Drafts, versions and scheduling
Prepare notices and records in draft and schedule them to publish.
Role-based permissions
Choose which staff can publish each kind of record.
QUESTIONS
Common questions
Can our website publish board and council meeting agendas and minutes?
Yes. Meetings for boards, councils and commissions carry a date, location, status of scheduled, held or cancelled, an agenda and minutes.
What can we publish as governing records?
Ordinances, resolutions, bylaws, policies and proclamations. Each has a record number, adopted date, summary and full text.
Can a fire department post bid notices and RFPs online?
Yes. Procurement at /procurement publishes RFP, RFQ, IFB and quote notices with number, category, issue date, questions deadline, due date, bid opening, contact, documents and status.
Can we publish bid addenda, questions and awards?
Yes. A bid page can carry addenda, questions and answers, and award notices.
Can we attach documents and video to a meeting?
Yes. Documents and video can be attached to a meeting record, next to its agenda and minutes.
Can we track open-records requests and their deadlines?
Yes. The request tracker follows each request from receipt to response, calculates the deadline from your state’s rules, sends reminders before it is due, logs every step, and lets staff send the response from the request. Your agency remains responsible for meeting its legal obligations.
Can a bid notice be linked to a capital project?
Yes. A bid notice can be linked to its related project, such as a station build or an apparatus replacement.
Can we publish response times and incident statistics?
Yes. Response statistics at /response-stats and data charts show incidents and response times, and annual report and financial figures work the same way. They are drawn from structured data, so they are accessible and easy to update.
How do we post a burn ban or boil-water notice?
Create an alert or public notice with a time window. You can also show it in an optional site-wide banner.
Are submitted form entries protected from changes?
Yes. Submitted entries are protected from edits after they are sent. Staff can preserve a submission when an open-records request or litigation requires it.
Where do public requests go once a resident submits a form?
Request forms feed a staff Requests inbox.
Does the site have an accessibility statement?
Yes. There is an accessibility statement page, and the site's building blocks are scanned automatically for accessibility issues.
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