Evaluation of Nebraska county websites
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Below is a chart evaluating the transparency efforts of Nebraska county websites.
See also: County websites, state-by-state comparison, to compare what you can find on Nebraska'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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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
2013
In January of 2013, the counties increased their grade to a "B" average, or 70 percent.
| Budget? | Meetings? | Elected officials? | Admin. Officials? | Permits/ Zoning? |
Audits? | Contracts? | Lobbying? | Public records? | Taxes? | |
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3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
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1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
2009
The rest of the counties were evaluated in 2009 and averaged an "F" website transparency score.
| Budget? | Meetings? | Elected officials? | Admin. Officials? | Permits/ Zoning? |
Audits? | Contracts? | Lobbying? | Public records? | Taxes? | |
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2 | 44 | 81 | 63 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 18 |
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10 | 22 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 45 |
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73 | 19 | 2 | 16 | 55 | 83 | 82 | 80 | 85 | 22 |
| No Website | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
All county website evaluations
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| Saline County, Nebraska | B | |
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Correcting errors
If you discover an error in this chart or on one of the articles about a Nebraska county, you can report the error by emailing us.
