Evaluation of North Dakota county websites

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

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

This chart encompasses the 5 largest counties in North Dakota: Cass County, Burleigh County, Grand Forks County, Ward County, and Morton County. These counties averaged a "C" website transparency grade in 2012.

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

2009

In 2009 North Dakota counties averaged an "F" website transparency grade.

	Budget?	Meetings?	Elected officials?	Admin. Officials?	Permits/ Zoning?	Audits?	Contracts?	Lobbying?	Public records?	Taxes?
Y	5	15	21	22	10	1	0	0	0	8
P	0	11	12	9	2	0	1	0	0	15
N	28	7	0	2	21	32	32	33	33	10
No Website	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20

Comparison chart

North Dakota County Website Evaluations (Performed 2009-2012)
County	Grades	Budget	Meetings	Elected Officials	Admin. Officials	Permits/Zoning	Audits	Contracts	Lobbying	Public records	Taxes
Adams County, North Dakota	F	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
Barnes County, North Dakota	D	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	P	N	N	P
Benson County, North Dakota	F	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
Billings County, North Dakota	D	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	N
Bottineau County, North Dakota	F	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
Bowman County, North Dakota	F	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
Burke County, North Dakota	F	N	N	P	P	N	N	N	N	N	N
Burleigh County, North Dakota	C	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	Y
Cass County, North Dakota	D	Y	Y	Y	N	N	P	N	N	N	Y
Cavalier County, North Dakota	F	N	P	P	P	N	N	N	N	N	N
Dickey County, North Dakota	F	N	N	P	P	N	N	N	N	N	N
Divide County, North Dakota	F	N	N	N	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N
Dunn County, North Dakota	F	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
Eddy County, North Dakota	F	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
Emmons County, North Dakota	F	N	N	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N
Foster County, North Dakota	D	N	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	N	Y
Golden Valley County, North Dakota	F	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
Grand Forks County, North Dakota	C-	Y	P	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	Y
Grant County, North Dakota	F	N	N	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N
Griggs County, North Dakota	F	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
Hettinger County, North Dakota	F	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
Kidder County, North Dakota	F	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
LaMoure County, North Dakota	F	N	P	P	Y	N	N	N	N	N	P
Logan County, North Dakota	F	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
McHenry County, North Dakota	F	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
McIntosh County, North Dakota	F	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
McKenzie County, North Dakota	D	Y	Y	Y	P	N	N	N	N	N	Y
McLean County, North Dakota	C-	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	Y
Mercer County, North Dakota	F	N	Y	P	P	N	N	N	N	N	N
Morton County, North Dakota	B-	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N	Y
Mountrail County, North Dakota	F	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
Nelson County, North Dakota	F	N	P	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N
Oliver County, North Dakota	F	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
Pembina County, North Dakota	F	N	Y	P	P	N	N	N	N	N	P
Pierce County, North Dakota	F	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
Ramsey County, North Dakota	D-	N	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	N	P
Ransom County, North Dakota	F	N	N	P	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N
Renville County, North Dakota	F	N	N	P	P	N	N	N	N	N	P
Richland County, North Dakota	F	N	P	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	N	P
Rolette County, North Dakota	F	N	P	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	N	P
Sargent County, North Dakota	F	N	P	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	N	P
Sheridan County, North Dakota	D-	N	P	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	P
Sioux County, North Dakota	F	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
Slope County, North Dakota	F	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
Stark County, North Dakota	F	N	P	P	Y	N	N	N	N	N	P
Steele County, North Dakota	F	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
Stutsman County, North Dakota	D	N	P	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	Y
Towner County, North Dakota	F	N	N	Y	Y	P	N	N	N	N	N
Traill County, North Dakota	F	N	Y	P	Y	N	N	N	N	N	P
Walsh County, North Dakota	D	N	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	N	Y
Ward County, North Dakota	C-	Y	P	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	Y
Wells County, North Dakota	D-	N	P	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	P
Williams County, North Dakota	F	N	P	P	N	N	N	N	N	N	P

Correcting errors

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