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Below is a chart evaluating the transparency efforts of Alabama county websites.
See also: County websites, state-by-state comparison, to compare what you can find on Alabama's county websites to what can be found on county websites in other states.
Reading the chart
In the chart below:
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means that information is included on the government website
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means that the information was not provided on the government website
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P |
means that information was partially provided
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Check the page about each county for more detailed information about what information is available on the county website, along with recommendations users have made for positive changes.
Conclusions chart
2012
This chart encompasses the 5 largest counties in Alabama, which averaged a "C" website transparency grade in November 2012.
2009
This chart encompasses all of the counties in Alabama, which averaged an "F" website transparency grade in 2009.
All county ratings
| Alabama County Website Evaluations (Performed 2009-2012)
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| County
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Grades
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Budget
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Meetings
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Elected Officials
|
Admin. Officials
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Permits/Zoning
|
Audits
|
Contracts
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Lobbying
|
Public records
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Taxes
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| Autauga County, Alabama |
F |
N |
N |
P |
P |
N |
N |
N |
P |
N |
N
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| Baldwin County, Alabama |
C |
Y |
Y |
Y |
P |
Y |
Y |
P |
N |
N |
Y
|
| Barbour County, Alabama |
F |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N
|
| Bibb County, Alabama |
F |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N
|
| Blount County, Alabama |
F |
N |
N |
Y |
P |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
P
|
| Bullock County, Alabama |
F |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N
|
| Butler County, Alabama |
F |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N
|
| Calhoun County, Alabama |
F |
N |
P |
P |
P |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
Y
|
| Chambers County, Alabama |
F |
N |
P |
P |
Y |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
P
|
| Cherokee County, Alabama |
F |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N
|
| Chilton County, Alabama |
D- |
N |
Y |
Y |
P |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
Y
|
| Choctaw County, Alabama |
F |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N
|
| Clarke County, Alabama |
F |
N |
P |
P |
P |
N |
N |
N |
N |
P |
Y
|
| Clay County, Alabama |
F |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N
|
| Cleburne County, Alabama |
F |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N
|
| Coffee County, Alabama |
F |
N |
P |
P |
P |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
Y
|
| Colbert County, Alabama |
F |
N |
P |
P |
P |
N |
N |
P |
N |
P |
P
|
| Conecuh County, Alabama |
F |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N
|
| Coosa County, Alabama |
F |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N
|
| Covington County, Alabama |
F |
N |
N |
Y |
Y |
P |
N |
N |
N |
P |
P
|
| Crenshaw County, Alabama |
F |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N
|
| Cullman County, Alabama |
F |
N |
N |
Y |
Y |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
P
|
| Dale County, Alabama |
F |
N |
N |
P |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N
|
| Dallas County, Alabama |
F |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N
|
| DeKalb County, Alabama |
F |
N |
P |
P |
Y |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
P
|
| Elmore County, Alabama |
D |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
N |
N |
N |
Y |
P
|
| Escambia County, Alabama |
F |
N |
P |
P |
Y |
P |
N |
N |
N |
N |
Y
|
| Etowah County, Alabama |
F |
N |
P |
Y |
P |
N |
N |
P |
N |
N |
P
|
| Fayette County, Alabama |
F |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N
|
| Franklin County, Alabama |
F |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N
|
| Geneva County, Alabama |
F |
N |
Y |
P |
P |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
P
|
| Greene County, Alabama |
F |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N
|
| Hale County, Alabama |
F |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N
|
| Henry County, Alabama |
F |
N |
N |
N |
P |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
P
|
| Houston County, Alabama |
D |
P |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
N |
N |
P
|
| Jackson County, Alabama |
F |
N |
N |
P |
P |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
P
|
| Jefferson County, Alabama |
B |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
P |
Y
|
| Lamar County, Alabama |
F |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N
|
| Lauderdale County, Alabama |
D |
N |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
Y
|
| Lawrence County, Alabama |
F |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N
|
| Lee County, Alabama |
D- |
P |
Y |
Y |
P |
P |
Y |
N |
N |
N |
P
|
| Limestone County, Alabama |
F |
N |
P |
Y |
Y |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N
|
| Lowndes County, Alabama |
F |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N
|
| Macon County, Alabama |
F |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N
|
| Madison County, Alabama |
D |
P |
P |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
P |
N |
N |
Y
|
| Marengo County, Alabama |
F |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N
|
| Marion County, Alabama |
F |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N
|
| Marshall County, Alabama |
F |
N |
N |
Y |
Y |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
P
|
| Mobile County, Alabama |
C |
Y |
P |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
P |
N |
N |
Y
|
| Monroe County, Alabama |
F |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N
|
| Montgomery County, Alabama |
D- |
Y |
P |
Y |
P |
P |
N |
P |
N |
P |
Y
|
| Morgan County, Alabama |
F |
N |
P |
Y |
P |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
Y
|
| Perry County, Alabama |
F |
N |
N |
P |
P |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N
|
| Pickens County, Alabama |
F |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N
|
| Pike County, Alabama |
F |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N
|
| Randolph County, Alabama |
F |
N |
P |
Y |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N
|
| Russell County, Alabama |
F |
N |
N |
P |
Y |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
P
|
| Shelby County, Alabama |
C- |
P |
Y |
P |
Y |
|
P |
Y |
N |
P |
Y
|
| St. Clair County, Alabama |
C- |
N |
Y |
P |
Y |
N |
Y |
Y |
N |
P |
Y
|
| Sumter County, Alabama |
F |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N
|
| Talladega County, Alabama |
F |
N |
N |
P |
P |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
P
|
| Tallapoosa County, Alabama |
D |
N |
P |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
N |
N |
N |
Y
|
| Tuscaloosa County, Alabama |
F |
N |
N |
P |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
P |
N
|
| Walker County, Alabama |
F |
N |
N |
P |
P |
N |
N |
N |
N |
P |
Y
|
| Washington County, Alabama |
F |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N
|
| Wilcox County, Alabama |
F |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N
|
| Winston County, Alabama |
F |
N |
N |
P |
P |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N
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