Evaluation of Alaska borough websites

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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 Alaska's county websites to what can be found on county websites in other states.

Reading the chart

In the chart below:

	means that information is included on the government website
	means that the information was not provided on the government website
P	means that information was partially provided

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.

State comparison chart

2012

The following chart evaluated the 5 largest boroughs in Alaska: Anchorage, Fairbanks North Star, Matanuska-Sustina, Kenai Peninsula, and Juneau. They were rated in 2012 and averaged a "B+" website transparency grade.

	Budget?	Meetings?	Elected officials?	Admin. Officials?	Permits/ Zoning?	Audits?	Contracts?	Lobbying?	Public records?	Taxes?
Y	5	5	4	4	5	5	4	1	5	5
P	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	4	0	0
N	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2009

The below chart details findings from 2009. At this time the counties averaged an "F" website transparency grade.

	Budget?	Meetings?	Elected officials?	Admin. Officials?	Permits/ Zoning?	Audits?	Contracts?	Lobbying?	Public records?	Taxes?
Y	5	8	10	10	11	1	1	1	5	6
P	5	6	6	5	1	3	5	0	3	3
N	16	12	10	11	14	22	20	25	18	17
No websites	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11

All borough website evaluations

Alaska Borough Website Evaluations (Performed 2009-2012)
County	Grades	Budget	Meetings	Elected Officials	Admin. Officials	Permits/Zoning	Audits	Contracts	Lobbying	Public records	Taxes
Bristol Bay Borough, Alaska	F	N	P	P	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	N
Denali Borough, Alaska	D-	N	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N
Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska	A-	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	P	Y	Y
Haines Borough, Alaska	F	P	P	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	P	N
Juneau Borough, Alaska	B-	Y	Y	P	P	Y	Y	Y	P	Y	Y
Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska	B	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	P	P	Y	Y
Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska	C-	Y	Y	Y	P	P	P	N	N	Y	Y
Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska	C	P	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	N	Y	P
Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska	F	P	P	P	N	Y	N	N	N	N	P
Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska	A-	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	P	Y	Y
Municipality of Skagway Borough, Alaska	F	N	N	N	P	N	N	N	N	N	N
North Slope Borough, Alaska	F	P	P	P	Y	N	P	N	N	N	N
Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska	F	N	P	P	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	N
Sitka Borough, Alaska	C-	N	P	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N	Y	Y
Yakutat Borough, Alaska	F	N	N	P	P	Y	N	N	N	N	P

Boroughs Without Websites

No websites have been evaluated for Alaska.

Correcting errors

If you discover an error in this chart or on one of the articles about an Alaska county, you can report the error by emailing us.

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