Accountability, Ethics, & Transparency in Government
FCR was interested to learn last month about new fees charged for FOI requests at the Mayflower Police Department in Faulkner County. Mayflower’s Police Chief Robert Alcon has instituted a new policy to charge...
As part of our project addressing Judge Baker’s use of county resources (email system) for electioneering, we submitted a FOIA request for his email records; however, the County didn’t respond within the allowed legal...
Our observation, based on the OEM Background and our other FOIA requests, is that Faulkner County management failed to protect its employees in this matter and also exposed county taxpayers to a large financial...
Our initial assessment of the County’s response to our Jobs & Salaries FOIA Request 8/22/18 is one of great concern. No Documentation: Faulkner County has not followed what would be considered standard business practice...
At the end here of 2023, we want to thank you for all your shares, likes, and views as Faulkner County Reports has “watch-dogged” Faulkner County government for the last five-plus years. Since 2018,...
Conway School Board voted on new officers and a disbursing officer at its June 13 meeting, the first for new Board members Sheila Franklin and Trey Geier. Former Board member Bill Milburn attended, as...
“Score one for Beth Coger. And for transparency in government…. ” Coger won a FOIA lawsuit against Washington County over its lack of public notice of meetings of the County’s Job Evaluation/Salary Administration Program...
Two key financial dilemmas facing Faulkner County — an animal shelter “purchase opportunity” and a health care services emergency at the County Jail — occupied most of the Budget Committee meeting on June 14....
