The John Locke Foundation’s NCTransparency.com site continues to attract attention. The Elizabeth City Daily Advance interviewed Fiscal and Health Care Policy Analyst Joseph Coletti about the site. Meanwhile, Columbus Town Manager Tim Holloman recently published a column in the Tryon Daily Bulletin signaling his interest in working to boost his town’s grade on the site. (The John Locke Foundation, a Raleigh think tank and government watchdog, has rightly identified that in the age of the Internet and digital technology, citizens have an increased expectation for transparency in government. Transparency includes the concept of ease of access to information wanted by citizens. To that end, the John Locke Foundation has created a web site, NCTransparency.com, which “… connects citizens to important, information available online about state agencies, counties, school systems and municipalities.” … The Foundation has currently assigned a grade of “D” to the Town of Columbus. I have contacted the Foundation for their recommendations, and we will be working toward increasing accessibility to Town documents and reports. One project recommended by the Foundation is to make materials posted on our website “Google searchable.” We have already initiated work on this project. … We will also be posting Town salaries and the Capital Improvement Plan on the website. In the next 30 to 60 days, we will again contact the Locke Foundation to review our score.)