Evaluation of Maryland county websites
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Below is a chart evaluating the transparency efforts of Maryland county websites.
See also: County websites, state-by-state comparison, to compare what you can find on Maryland'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 | |
| 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.
Conclusions chart
2012
This chart encompasses the 5 largest counties in Maryland: Montgomery County, Prince George's County, Baltimore County, Baltimore City, and Anne Arundel County. These counties earned an average of a "B+" website transparency grade in September 2012.
| Budget? | Meetings? | Elected officials? | Admin. Officials? | Permits/ Zoning? |
Audits? | Contracts? | Lobbying? | Public records? | Taxes? | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
2009
This chart reflects evaluations of Maryland county websites, which earned an average of a "C" website transparency grade in 2009.
| Budget? | Meetings? | Elected officials? | Admin. Officials? | Permits/ Zoning? |
Audits? | Contracts? | Lobbying? | Public records? | Taxes? | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | 21 | 20 | 22 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | |
| 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 14 | |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 16 | 3 |
Comparison chart
| Maryland County Website Evaluations (Performed 2009-2012) | |||||||||||
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| County | Grades | Budget | Meetings | Elected Officials | Admin. Officials | Permits/Zoning | Audits | Contracts | Lobbying | Public records | Taxes |
| Allegany County, Maryland | A+ | ||||||||||
| Anne Arundel County, Maryland | B | ||||||||||
| Baltimore County, Maryland | B | ||||||||||
| Calvert County, Maryland | B | ||||||||||
| Caroline County, Maryland | D | ||||||||||
| Carroll County, Maryland | A- | ||||||||||
| Cecil County, Maryland | B | ||||||||||
| Charles County, Maryland | A- | ||||||||||
| Dorchester County, Maryland | C | ||||||||||
| Frederick County, Maryland | B- | ||||||||||
| Garrett County, Maryland | A- | ||||||||||
| Harford County, Maryland | C- | ||||||||||
| Howard County, Maryland | C | ||||||||||
| Kent County, Maryland | D- | ||||||||||
| Montgomery County, Maryland | B- | ||||||||||
| Prince George's County, Maryland | C | ||||||||||
| Queen Anne's County, Maryland | C- | ||||||||||
| Somerset County, Maryland | F | ||||||||||
| St. Mary's County, Maryland | B- | ||||||||||
| Talbot County, Maryland | B- | ||||||||||
| Washington County, Maryland | B | ||||||||||
| Wicomico County, Maryland | C | ||||||||||
| Worcester County, Maryland | B | ||||||||||
Correcting errors
If you discover an error in this chart or on one of the articles about a Maryland county, you can report the error by emailing us.