County Marks Sunshine Week with Civic Center Event

Anderson County will mark Sunshine Week with a Kick Off Event at 6 pm, Friday, March 12. The event will take place at the Civic Center of Anderson in the main ballroom. The Civic Center is located at 3027 MLK, Jr. Boulevard, Anderson, SC 29625.
 
In early 2009, Anderson County’s website was promoted to an A+ grade by the Sunshine Review for our efforts in making the County’s financial and other pertinent public information available online. Our desire is to continue on the journey to become more open and transparent and to restore our resident’s trust in local government.
 
Below is the link to the Sunshine Review’s analysis of Anderson County:
 
http://sunshinereview.org/index.php/Anderson_County,_South_Carolina
 
The topic of the Evening:  Transparency in Government – where we are versus where we need to be.

Panel Members include:
Lee Brown, WYFF
Don Cates: WSPA
John Huff: Independent Mail
Stan Welch: The Williamston Journal
Greg Wilson: The Anderson Observer
Kristin: Samuel Adams Alliance (Sunshine Review)– confirmed (Kristin will participate via Skype)
Rusty Burns, Anderson County Administrator
 
Additionally, the County has scheduled an open session at 2 pm on Wednesday, March 17th for municipalities, counties, school districts, etc., to demonstrate the steps taken to make our data available online and to offer our assistance to any government/school entity. The County will also offer to host web sites for local municipalities in order for them to post their financial and other pertinent information. This session will take place at the Anderson County Historic Courthouse, 101 South Main Street in Anderson.
 
For more information contact Angela C. Stringer, Public Information Officer/Web Manager for Anderson County at 864.934.6451