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COUNTY COUNCIL OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK
Mel Rapozo, Chair
Ross Kagawa, Vice Chair Jade K. Fountain-Tanigawa, County Clerk
Arthur Brun Scott K. Sato, Deputy County Clerk
Mason K. Chock
Arryl Kaneshiro
Derek S.K. Kawakami Telephone: (808) 241-4188
JoAnn A. Yukimura Facsimile: (808) 241-6349
E-mail: cokcouncil@kauai.gov
Council Services Division
4396 Rice Street, Suite 209
Līhu‘e, Kaua‘i, Hawai‘i 96766
October 17, 2017
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Jade K. Fountain-Tanigawa, County Clerk
Phone: (808) 241-4188
KAUA‘I COUNTY COUNCIL, OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK TOPS
GRANICUS DIGITAL STRATEGY AWARDS FOR WEBSITE TRANSPARENCY
Līhu‘e, Kaua‘i – The County of Kaua‘i is one of the top jurisdictions in the nation
for website transparency, and achieving success informing and engaging citizens with
their digital strategy to drive changes in behavior or inspire action.
The County of Kaua‘i, Office of the County Clerk and Kaua‘i County Council,
was recently awarded the 2017 Digital Achievement Award by Granicus for its efforts
to make accessing county information more transparent through its website and
enhanced public awareness.
Granicus is the largest cloud solutions provider for government communications,
meeting and agenda management, providing more than 3,000 public sector
organizations with digital services.
According to Granicus, “the Office of the County Clerk embarked on a journey to
enhance the use of digital services for the people of the County of Kaua‘i, improve
internal and external customer service and increase public access to information and
expanding citizen engagement in the legislative process.”
A few years ago, information on the County Clerk’s website was scarce and
members of the public needed to go to the Historic County Building to view a County
Council Meeting agenda posted on the bulletin board or request to have an agenda
mailed to them.
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Today, the County Clerk’s website includes access to all meeting agendas,
agenda packets with clickable links, lobbyist registration statements and expenditure
statements, uncodified ordinances, electronic and user-friendly Kaua‘i County Code,
the Charter of the County of Kaua‘i, all adopted resolutions, and more. The public is
also able to sign-up to receive notices and agendas via E-mail, or submit testimony
electronically. The Kaua‘i County Council also utilizes a Facebook page to share
information regularly.
“In recent years, the Office of the County Clerk has made great strides to
improving our digital communications strategies by making Council information as
accessible as possible through our website. We have led the charge for other County
departments and agencies to become more transparent utilizing modern technology
and continue to seek improvements to better serve our community,” said Mel Rapozo,
Council Chair.
To view the Kaua‘i County Council and Office of the County Clerk website,
please visit http://www.kauai.gov/Council and keep up-to-date on Council happenings
by following “Kauai County Council” on Facebook.
For more information, please contact the Office of the County Clerk, at 241-4188.
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