Evaluation of New Mexico county websites

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

See also: County websites, state-by-state comparison, to compare what you can find on New Mexico'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 average score for the 5 largest counties was a "C" website transparency grade.

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

2009

In 2009 the average website transparency score was an "F" grade.

	Budget?	Meetings?	Elected officials?	Admin. Officials?	Permits/ Zoning?	Audits?	Contracts?	Lobbying?	Public records?	Taxes?
Y	0	9	6	14	3	0	0	0	0	1
P	5	13	18	10	11	3	9	1	3	17
N	23	6	4	4	14	25	19	27	25	10
No Website	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

Comparison chart

New Mexico County Website Evaluations (Performed 2009-2012)
County	Grades	Budget	Meetings	Elected Officials	Admin. Officials	Permits/Zoning	Audits	Contracts	Lobbying	Public records	Taxes
Bernalillo County, New Mexico	A-	Y	P	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Catron County, New Mexico	F	N	P	P	Y	N	N	N	N	N	P
Chaves County, New Mexico	F	N	P	P	P	P	N	N	N	N	P
Cibola County, New Mexico	F	N	N	P	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
Colfax County, New Mexico	F	N	P	P	P	N	N	N	N	N	P
Curry County, New Mexico	F	N	Y	P	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N
De Baca County, New Mexico	F	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
Dona Ana County, New Mexico	D-	Y	P	P	Y	P	Y	N	N	N	P
Eddy County, New Mexico	F	P	Y	P	Y	N	N	P	N	N	P
Grant County, New Mexico	F	N	N	Y	Y	P	N	N	N	N	P
Guadalupe County, New Mexico	F	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
Harding County, New Mexico	F	N	P	P	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N
Hidalgo County, New Mexico	F	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	Y	N
Lea County, New Mexico	F	N	P	P	Y	Y	N	P	N	N	P
Lincoln County, New Mexico	F	N	P	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	N	P
Los Alamos County, New Mexico	A-	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	P	Y	Y	Y
Luna County, New Mexico	B-	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	P	N	N	Y
McKinley County, New Mexico	F	N	P	P	P	P	N	N	N	N	N
Mora County, New Mexico	F	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
Otero County, New Mexico	F	N	Y	Y	Y	N	N	P	N	P	P
Quay County, New Mexico	F	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
Rio Arriba County, New Mexico	F	N	P	P	P	P	N	N	N	N	P
Roosevelt County, New Mexico	F	N	Y	P	P	N	N	P	N	N	P
San Juan County, New Mexico	D	N	Y	Y	Y	N	N	Y	N	P	P
San Miguel County, New Mexico	F	N	P	P	P	P	N	N	N	N	N
Sandoval County, New Mexico	D-	N	Y	P	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	P
Santa Fe County, New Mexico	A+	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Sierra County, New Mexico	F	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
Socorro County, New Mexico	F	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
Taos County, New Mexico	F	N	Y	P	Y	P	N	P	N	N	P
Torrance County, New Mexico	F	N	P	P	Y	P	N	P	N	N	P
Union County, New Mexico	F	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
Valencia County, New Mexico	D	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	P

Correcting errors

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