Montgomery Community Media

Montgomery County officials have unveiled a new website designed to provide residents and businesses with unprecedented access to raw spending data. It’s called spendingMontgomery and local leaders said the website is a national model for financial transparency in government. “We are committed to open government, and to transparency, in everything we do,” said Montgomery County […]

In this MyMCMedia Extra, we asked Journalist Bill Turque of The Washington Post for his thoughts on the agenda for the new Montgomery County Council after the Nov. 4 election. Take a look: Turque attended the County Executive and County Council candidates forums that were held on Oct. 13 at MCM’s studios. Related:

Montgomery Community Media and the League of Women Voters hosted a County Executive candidates forum on Oct. 13. After the forum, we asked Journalist Bill Turque of The Washington Post for his thoughts. The candidates included incumbent Ike Leggett, a Democrat, and challenger Jim Shalleck, a Republican. Take a look: Related:

Montgomery County’s continued efforts over the past year to make more information available to the public—and to make that information easier to find and use—has earned national attention as the County was honored recently for being ranked No. 1 in the 2013 Digital Counties Survey conducted by the Center for Digital Government in conjunction with […]

Montgomery County recently launched a new openMontgomery website in its efforts to improve government transparency. The site is organized into four sections including accessMontgomery, dataMontgomery, engageMontgomery and mobileMontgomery. This video introduces each section. Visit openMontgomery to learn more.

Montgomery County Council member Hans Riemer and Chief Administrative Officer Tim Firestine will discuss the county’s open government initiatives at the 2013 National Association of Counties Legislative Conference, which will be held at the Washington Hilton from March 2 -6. The annual conference brings together more than 2,000 elected and appointed county officials from across […]

Montgomery County officials have announced new open government efforts to improve transparency, accessibility and efficiency. MyMCMedia’s Sonya Burke reports. For more information, visit Montgomery County’s open government website.

We saw announcements this week from two government entities heading in completely opposite directions when it comes to open government and social media. First, there was our own Montgomery Council announcing a new cross-government initiative. Called “Open Montgomery”, its goal is to allow residents to open up the hood on the county government and not […]

Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett  announced a major advance in the county’s open government efforts that officials believe will significantly improve government transparency, accessibility and efficiency. Joining him for the Dec. 5 announcement was County Councilmember Hans Riemer who initiated the open government legislation that was passed this week (Bill 23-12) to support the county’s open […]

Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett and Council member Hans Riemer will announce a major advance in the county’s open government efforts that will significantly improve government transparency, accessibility and efficiency. Get event detail here. The efforts include the launch of a new website, a social media platform to encourage participation, a digital road-map to guide […]