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 | |
| 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? | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |
| 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? | |
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| 2 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 1 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15 | |
| 25 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 24 | 28 | 29 | 27 | 10 | |
| No Website | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 |
Comparison chart
Correcting errors
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