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==Comparison of all Illinois county websites==
==Comparison of all Illinois county websites==
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category = Rated Illinois counties
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! colspan="12" style="background-color:#334aab; color:#f0a236;" |Illinois County Website Evaluations (Performed 2009-2012)
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!style="background-color:#00AF8C; color: white;"|'''Meetings'''
!style="background-color:#00AF8C; color: white;"|'''Elected Officials'''
!style="background-color:#00AF8C; color: white;"|'''Admin. Officials'''
!style="background-color:#00AF8C; color: white;"|'''Permits/Zoning'''
!style="background-color:#00AF8C; color: white;"|'''Audits'''
!style="background-color:#00AF8C; color: white;"|'''Contracts'''
!style="background-color:#00AF8C; color: white;"|'''Lobbying'''
!style="background-color:#00AF8C; color: white;"|'''Public records'''
!style="background-color:#00AF8C; color: white;"|'''Taxes'''
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|[[Cook County, Illinois]]||B-||{{Yes (Sunshine Review)}}||{{Yes (Sunshine Review)}}||{{Yes (Sunshine Review)}}||{{Yes (Sunshine Review)}}||{{Yes (Sunshine Review)}}||{{No (Sunshine Review)}}||{{Partial}}||{{Yes (Sunshine Review)}}||{{Partial}}||{{Yes (Sunshine Review)}}
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|[[DuPage County, Illinois]]||A-||{{Yes (Sunshine Review)}}||{{Yes (Sunshine Review)}}||{{Yes (Sunshine Review)}}||{{Partial}}||{{Yes (Sunshine Review)}}||{{Yes (Sunshine Review)}}||{{Yes (Sunshine Review)}}||{{Yes (Sunshine Review)}}||{{Yes (Sunshine Review)}}||{{Yes (Sunshine Review)}}
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|[[Kane County, Illinois]]||A-||{{Yes (Sunshine Review)}}||{{Yes (Sunshine Review)}}||{{Yes (Sunshine Review)}}||{{Yes (Sunshine Review)}}||{{Yes (Sunshine Review)}}||{{Yes (Sunshine Review)}}||{{Yes (Sunshine Review)}}||{{Yes (Sunshine Review)}}||{{Yes (Sunshine Review)}}||{{Partial}}
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|[[Lake County, Illinois]]||A+||{{Yes (Sunshine Review)}}||{{Yes (Sunshine Review)}}||{{Yes (Sunshine Review)}}||{{Yes (Sunshine Review)}}||{{Yes (Sunshine Review)}}||{{Yes (Sunshine Review)}}||{{Yes (Sunshine Review)}}||{{Yes (Sunshine Review)}}||{{Yes (Sunshine Review)}}||{{Yes (Sunshine Review)}}
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|[[McHenry County, Illinois]]||A+||{{Yes (Sunshine Review)}}||{{Yes (Sunshine Review)}}||{{Yes (Sunshine Review)}}||{{Yes (Sunshine Review)}}||{{Yes (Sunshine Review)}}||{{Yes (Sunshine Review)}}||{{Yes (Sunshine Review)}}||{{Yes (Sunshine Review)}}||{{Yes (Sunshine Review)}}||{{Yes (Sunshine Review)}}
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|[[Will County, Illinois]]||A+||{{Yes (Sunshine Review)}}||{{Yes (Sunshine Review)}}||{{Yes (Sunshine Review)}}||{{Yes (Sunshine Review)}}||{{Yes (Sunshine Review)}}||{{Yes (Sunshine Review)}}||{{Yes (Sunshine Review)}}||{{Yes (Sunshine Review)}}||{{Yes (Sunshine Review)}}||{{Yes (Sunshine Review)}}
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==See also==
==See also==

Latest revision as of 15:43, 7 April 2016

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This municipal government-related article was part of the Sunshine Review website. Ballotpedia archived this article to preserve its historical content.

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

See also: County websites, state-by-state comparison, to compare what you can find on Illinois's county websites to what can be found on county websites in other states.

Reading the chart

In the chart below:

600px-Yes check.png information is included on the government website
600px-Red x.png information was not provided on the government website
PPartial.png 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 Illinois, which averaged an "A" website transparency score.

Budget? Meetings? Elected officials? Admin. Officials? Permits/
Zoning? 		Audits? Contracts? Lobbying? Public records? Taxes?
Y
600px-Yes check.png
 5 5 5 4 5 4 4 5 4 4
PPartial.png 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1
N
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 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

2009

This chart encompasses all counties in Illinois, which averaged a "D" website transparency grade in 2009. At that time 37 counties did not have websites.

Budget? Meetings? Elected officials? Admin. Officials? Permits/
Zoning? 		Audits? Contracts? Lobbying? Public records? Taxes?
Y
600px-Yes check.png
 20 34 48 43 29 18 6 3 16 25
PPartial.png 1 16 8 11 8 2 4 0 2 11
N
600px-Red x.png
 44 15 9 11 28 45 55 62 46 29
No Website 37 37 37 37 37 37 37 37 37 37

Comparison of all Illinois county websites

Illinois County Website Evaluations (Performed 2009-2012)
County Grades Budget Meetings Elected Officials Admin. Officials Permits/Zoning Audits Contracts Lobbying Public records Taxes
Cook County, Illinois B- Y
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 Y
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 Y
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 Y
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 Y
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 N
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 PPartial.png Y
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 PPartial.png Y
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DuPage County, Illinois A- Y
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 Y
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 Y
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 PPartial.png Y
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 Y
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 Y
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 Y
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 Y
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 Y
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Kane County, Illinois A- Y
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 Y
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 Y
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 Y
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 Y
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 Y
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 Y
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 Y
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 Y
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 PPartial.png
Lake County, Illinois A+ Y
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 Y
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 Y
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 Y
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 Y
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 Y
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 Y
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 Y
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 Y
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 Y
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McHenry County, Illinois A+ Y
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 Y
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 Y
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 Y
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 Y
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 Y
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 Y
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 Y
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 Y
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 Y
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Will County, Illinois A+ Y
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 Y
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 Y
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 Y
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 Y
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 Y
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 Y
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 Y
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 Y
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 Y
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See also

Ballotpedia evaluated ballot measure information on Illinois county websites in March 2012.

Correcting errors

If you discover an error in this chart or on one of the articles about an Illinois county, you can report the error by emailing us.


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