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Evaluation of New Jersey county websites
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Below is a chart evaluating the transparency efforts of New Jersey county websites.
See also: County websites, state-by-state comparison, to compare what you can find on New Jersey'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, which averaged a "B-" website transparency grade in 2012.
| Budget? | Meetings? | Elected officials? | Admin. Officials? | Permits/ Zoning? |
Audits? | Contracts? | Lobbying? | Public records? | Taxes? | |
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| 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | na | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | na | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | na | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
- Permits and zoning are not applied at a county level in New Jersey.
2009
In 2009 the counties averaged a "D+" website transparency grade.
| Budget? | Meetings? | Elected officials? | Admin. Officials? | Permits/ Zoning? |
Audits? | Contracts? | Lobbying? | Public records? | Taxes? | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | 18 | 16 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 11 | |
| 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 21 | 5 | 6 |
- Permits and zoning are not applied at a county level in New Jersey.
Comparison chart
| New Jersey 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 |
| Atlantic County, New Jersey | A- | ||||||||||
| Bergen County, New Jersey | B- | ||||||||||
| Burlington County, New Jersey | C- | ||||||||||
| Camden County, New Jersey | C- | ||||||||||
| Cape May County, New Jersey | C | ||||||||||
| Cumberland County, New Jersey | C- | ||||||||||
| Essex County, New Jersey | C | ||||||||||
| Gloucester County, New Jersey | C | ||||||||||
| Hudson County, New Jersey | C | ||||||||||
| Hunterdon County, New Jersey | B- | ||||||||||
| Mercer County, New Jersey | C- | ||||||||||
| Middlesex County, New Jersey | D | ||||||||||
| Monmouth County, New Jersey | B- | ||||||||||
| Morris County, New Jersey | D | ||||||||||
| Ocean County, New Jersey | C | ||||||||||
| Passaic County, New Jersey | C | ||||||||||
| Salem County, New Jersey | C | ||||||||||
| Somerset County, New Jersey | C- | ||||||||||
| Sussex County, New Jersey | A+ | ||||||||||
| Union County, New Jersey | C | ||||||||||
| Warren County, New Jersey | B- | ||||||||||
Correcting errors
If you discover an error in this chart or on one of the articles about a New Jersey county, you can report the error by emailing us.