Evaluation of Minnesota county websites

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Below is a chart evaluating the transparency efforts of Minnesota county websites.

See also: County websites, state-by-state comparison, to compare what you can find on Minnesota'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.

Conclusions chart

2012

The top five largest counties averaged a "C-" website transparency grade.

	Budget?	Meetings?	Elected officials?	Admin. Officials?	Permits/ Zoning?	Audits?	Contracts?	Lobbying?	Public records?	Taxes?
Y	5	5	5	4	1	5	2	2	1	3
P	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1
N	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	3	4	1

2009

The average transparency score of Minnesota counties was a "D."

	Budget?	Meetings?	Elected officials?	Admin. Officials?	Permits/ Zoning?	Audits?	Contracts?	Lobbying?	Public records?	Taxes?
Y	23	64	73	47	34	11	9	1	4	32
P	7	14	7	16	11	4	1	2	2	8
N	50	2	0	17	35	65	70	77	74	40

Correcting errors

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