Evaluation of West Virginia county websites

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

See also: County websites, state-by-state comparison, to compare what you can find on West Virginia'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 West Virginia: Kanawha County, Berkeley County, Cabell County, Monongalia County, and Wood County. These counties had a "D-" average website transparency grade as of July 2012.

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

2009

The rest of the counties were evaluated in 2009 and received a failing website transparency grade.

	Budget?	Meetings?	Elected officials?	Admin. Officials?	Permits/ Zoning?	Audits?	Contracts?	Lobbying?	Public records?	Taxes?
Y	2	4	13	16	6	2	0	0	0	4
P	1	15	15	10	4	3	1	0	2	15
N	25	9	1	3	19	24	28	29	27	10
No Website	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26

Comparison chart

West Virginia County Website Evaluations (Performed 2009-2012)
County	Grades	Budget	Meetings	Elected Officials	Admin. Officials	Permits/Zoning	Audits	Contracts	Lobbying	Public records	Taxes
Barbour County, West Virginia	F	N	N	P	P	N	N	N	N	N	N
Berkeley County, West Virginia	F	P	P	P	N	P	Y	P	N	N	Y
Boone County, West Virginia	F	N	N	P	P	N	N	N	N	N	N
Braxton County, West Virginia	F	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
Brooke County, West Virginia	F	N	N	Y	P	N	N	N	N	N	N
Cabell County, West Virginia	F	N	Y	P	P	N	P	N	N	N	P
Calhoun County, West Virginia	F	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
Clay County, West Virginia	F	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
Doddridge County, West Virginia	F	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
Fayette County, West Virginia	F	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
Gilmer County, West Virginia	F	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
Grant County, West Virginia	F	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
Greenbrier County, West Virginia	D-	P	P	Y	Y	Y	P	N	N	N	P
Hampshire County, West Virginia	F	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
Hancock County, West Virginia	F	N	P	P	Y	N	N	N	N	N	Y
Hardy County, West Virginia	F	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
Harrison County, West Virginia	F	N	P	P	P	N	N	N	N	N	P
Jackson County, West Virginia	F	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
Jefferson County, West Virginia	B-	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	P	N	P	Y
Kanawha County, West Virginia	C	Y	P	Y	Y	Y	P	Y	N	P	Y
Lewis County, West Virginia	F	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
Lincoln County, West Virginia	F	N	P	Y	Y	P	N	N	N	N	P
Logan County, West Virginia	F	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
Marion County, West Virginia	F	N	P	P	Y	N	N	N	N	N	P
Marshall County, West Virginia	F	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
Mason County, West Virginia	F	N	P	P	P	N	N	N	N	N	P
McDowell County, West Virginia	F	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
Mercer County, West Virginia	F	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
Mineral County, West Virginia	D-	N	P	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	N	Y
Mingo County, West Virginia	F	N	N	P	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N
Monongalia County, West Virginia	F	N	P	N	N	Y	N	N	P	N	N
Monroe County, West Virginia	F	N	N	P	P	N	N	N	N	N	P
Morgan County, West Virginia	D-	N	Y	Y	P	Y	N	N	N	N	N
Nicholas County, West Virginia	F	N	N	P	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N
Ohio County, West Virginia	F	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
Pendleton County, West Virginia	F	N	P	P	P	N	N	N	N	N	N
Pleasants County, West Virginia	F	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
Pocahontas County, West Virginia	F	N	P	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
Preston County, West Virginia	F	N	P	Y	P	N	N	N	N	N	P
Putnam County, West Virginia	F	N	P	P	P	Y	N	N	N	N	P
Raleigh County, West Virginia	F	N	P	P	P	P	P	N	N	N	P
Randolph County, West Virginia	F	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
Ritchie County, West Virginia	F	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
Roane County, West Virginia	F	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
Summers County, West Virginia	F	N	P	P	P	N	N	N	N	N	P
Taylor County, West Virginia	F	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
Tucker County, West Virginia	F	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
Tyler County, West Virginia	F	N	N	P	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
Upshur County, West Virginia	F	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
Wayne County, West Virginia	D-	N	P	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	N
Webster County, West Virginia	F	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
Wetzel County, West Virginia	F	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
Wirt County, West Virginia	F	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
Wood County, West Virginia	B	Y	Y	Y	P	Y	Y	Y	P	Y	Y
Wyoming County, West Virginia	F	N	N	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N

Correcting errors

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