Today Oakland County Clerk Bill Bullard Jr. announced a milestone in transparency in County Government by posting the minutes of all meetings of the Oakland County Board of Commissioners online—back to its founding in 1970—along with many other official documents. The records are not merely chronological scanned copies of the minutes; they are also searchable by keyword, making the process more open than ever before. While the minutes have always been public record, to this point searching … [Read more...]