Public Information Office 210 S. McDonald Street Suite 626 McKinney, Texas 75069 www.collincountytx.gov

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

August 8, 2008

Collin is first county government in nation to post check registers to public

(McKINNEY, Texas) – Collin has become the first county government in the nation to post its check registers for online viewing and inspection, part of an aggressive fiscal accountability program to open up its ledgers to the public.

Posted by the Collin County Auditor, the Financial Transparency Project includes a listing of checks written by county government for its daily operations since October 2007, the beginning of the current fiscal year. Only checks that involve protected privacy information about employees or private citizens receiving county services will be excluded from the register.

The project also includes postings of:

• County financial trends for the last five fiscal years;
• Year-to-date total revenues, tax revenues, cash and investments for county operations in easy-to-read graphs;
• A newsletter highlighting county government financial operations and projects; and,
• Utility costs and consumption for county facilities, by month.

For more information, contact Collin County Auditor Don Cozad at 972-548-4641.

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