Evaluation of Pennsylvania county websites

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

See also: County websites, state-by-state comparison, to compare what you can find on Pennsylvania'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 county websites and found they averaged a "B" website transparency grade as of January 2012.

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

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?
Y	33	34	38	43	9	22	4	2	46	19
P	3	22	27	15	29	3	10	5	4	22
N	31	11	2	9	29	42	53	60	17	26

Comparison chart

Pennsylvania County Website Evaluations (Performed 2009-2012)
County	Grades	Budget	Meetings	Elected Officials	Admin. Officials	Permits/Zoning	Audits	Contracts	Lobbying	Public records	Taxes
Adams County, Pennsylvania	D	Y	P	Y	Y	P	N	N	N	Y	P
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania	A-	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	P	Y	Y
Armstrong County, Pennsylvania	D	N	Y	P	Y	Y	Y	N	P	N	N
Beaver County, Pennsylvania	D-	N	P	Y	N	N	Y	N	N	Y	N
Bedford County, Pennsylvania	D-	N	Y	Y	Y	N	P	N	N	N	N
Berks County, Pennsylvania	D-	Y	Y	P	N	N	N	N	N	Y	P
Blair County, Pennsylvania	F	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
Bradford County, Pennsylvania	C-	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N	P	Y	N
Bucks County, Pennsylvania	B	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	N	Y	Y
Butler County, Pennsylvania	C-	Y	P	Y	Y	P	Y	N	N	Y	P
Cambria County, Pennsylvania	D-	N	P	P	Y	N	Y	N	N	Y	N
Cameron County, Pennsylvania	F	N	P	Y	P	N	N	N	N	N	N
Carbon County, Pennsylvania	D-	N	P	P	Y	N	Y	N	N	Y	P
Centre County, Pennsylvania	B-	P	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	Y	Y
Chester County, Pennsylvania	C	Y	Y	Y	N	N	Y	P	N	Y	Y
Clarion County, Pennsylvania	D	N	Y	Y	Y	P	N	N	N	Y	N
Clearfield County, Pennsylvania	D	N	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	Y	P
Clinton County, Pennsylvania	F	Y	P	P	P	P	N	N	N	N	P
Columbia County, Pennsylvania	F	N	N	P	Y	Y	P	N	N	N	N
Crawford County, Pennsylvania	F	N	N	P	P	N	N	N	N	Y	N
Cumberland County, Pennsylvania	C-	Y	Y	P	Y	P	Y	N	N	Y	P
Dauphin County, Pennsylvania	C	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	Y	Y
Delaware County, Pennsylvania	C	Y	Y	Y	P	N	N	Y	N	Y	Y
Elk County, Pennsylvania	F	N	P	P	P	P	N	N	N	N	P
Erie County, Pennsylvania	B-	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	Y	P
Fayette County, Pennsylvania	B-	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N	Y	Y
Forest County, Pennsylvania	D-	N	N	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	Y	P
Franklin County, Pennsylvania	D	Y	Y	P	Y	N	N	P	N	Y	P
Fulton County, Pennsylvania	D-	P	Y	Y	Y	P	N	N	N	P	N
Greene County, Pennsylvania	D	Y	P	Y	Y	N	Y	N	P	N	N
Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania	D-	N	Y	P	Y	P	N	N	N	Y	P
Indiana County, Pennsylvania	C-	Y	P	P	P	Y	Y	N	P	Y	Y
Jefferson County, Pennsylvania	F	N	N	N	N	Y	N	N	N	N	N
Juniata County, Pennsylvania	C	Y	Y	Y	Y	P	N	N	N	Y	Y
Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania	C	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	Y	P
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania	C	Y	Y	P	Y	P	Y	P	N	Y	Y
Lawrence County, Pennsylvania	B-	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	P	N	N	Y	Y
Lebanon County, Pennsylvania	D	Y	N	Y	P	P	N	N	P	Y	Y
Lehigh County, Pennsylvania	B-	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	P	N	Y	Y
Luzerne County, Pennsylvania	D	Y	Y	P	Y	N	N	N	N	Y	P
Lycoming County, Pennsylvania	C-	N	Y	P	Y	P	Y	N	N	Y	Y
McKean County, Pennsylvania	F	Y	P	P	P	P	N	N	N	N	N
Mercer County, Pennsylvania	D-	Y	Y	P	P	N	N	N	N	Y	N
Mifflin County, Pennsylvania	D	N	Y	Y	Y	P	N	N	N	Y	N
Monroe County, Pennsylvania	D-	N	Y	Y	Y	N	N	P	N	N	N
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania	B-	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	P	P	Y	Y
Montour County, Pennsylvania	C-	P	Y	Y	Y	P	N	N	N	Y	Y
Northampton County, Pennsylvania	C-	Y	P	P	Y	N	Y	N	Y	Y	P
Northumberland County, Pennsylvania	F	N	N	P	P	P	Y	N	N	P	N
Perry County, Pennsylvania	F	N	P	Y	P	P	N	N	N	Y	N
Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania	A-	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	P	Y	Y
Pike County, Pennsylvania	F	N	N	P	P	P	N	N	N	Y	N
Potter County, Pennsylvania	F	N	P	Y	N	N	N	N	N	Y	N
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania	C-	N	Y	Y	Y	P	Y	N	N	P	Y
Snyder County, Pennsylvania	D-	N	N	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	N
Somerset County, Pennsylvania	D-	N	P	Y	Y	P	N	N	N	Y	N
Sullivan County, Pennsylvania	F	N	N	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania	D-	Y	P	P	P	P	N	N	N	Y	Y
Tioga County, Pennsylvania	D-	N	Y	P	Y	P	N	N	N	Y	P
Union County, Pennsylvania	D-	N	N	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	P
Venango County, Pennsylvania	B-	Y	Y	Y	Y	P	Y	P	N	Y	Y
Warren County, Pennsylvania	F	N	P	Y	Y	P	N	N	N	P	P
Washington County, Pennsylvania	D	Y	N	Y	Y	P	N	P	N	Y	P
Wayne County, Pennsylvania	F	P	P	P	P	N	N	N	P	Y	Y
Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania	B-	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	N	Y	P
Wyoming County, Pennsylvania	F	N	P	P	P	P	N	N	N	N	N
York County, Pennsylvania	D	Y	P	Y	N	N	Y	P	N	Y	P

Correcting errors

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