Smith County Received Texas Comptroller Award

SMITH COUNTY — Smith County Receives Texas Comptroller Award for Financial Transparency Smith County Judge Joel Baker announced today that Smith County is the proud recipient of a 2011 Texas Comptroller Gold Leadership Circle Award for financial transparency. The Comptroller Gold Leadership Award recognizes government entities that set the bar for financial transparency and access to the public. The Texas Comptroller’s Leadership Circle program recognizes local governments across Texas that are striving to meet a high standard for financial transparency online by providing citizens with a clear, consistent picture of spending and sharing information in a user friendly format.

The program spotlights those local governments that are:

* opening their books to the public
* providing clear, consistent pictures of spending
* sharing information in a user-friendly format

This is the second year Smith County has received this top honor in financial
transparency.