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Below is a chart evaluating the transparency efforts of Florida county websites.
See also: County websites, state-by-state comparison, to compare what you can find on Florida'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
Florida counties had an overall "C+" (66.8%) transparency grade for their county websites on Feb. 21, 2012. However, the 5 largest counties averaged a "B" website transparency grade.
Five largest counties
| Budget? | Meetings? | Elected officials? | Admin. Officials? | Permits/ Zoning? |
Audits? | Contracts? | Lobbying? | Public records? | Taxes? | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
2012 evaluation of all counties
| Budget? | Meetings? | Elected officials? | Admin. Officials? | Permits/ Zoning? |
Audits? | Contracts? | Lobbying? | Public records? | Taxes? | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 54 | 62 | 60 | 60 | 59 | 41 | 26 | 7 | 23 | 60 | |
| 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 2 | 26 | 1 | |
| 11 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 21 | 58 | 18 | 6 |
All county evaluations
Attorney General calls for improvement
Attorney General Bill McCollum issued a call on December 30, 2008 for all "sheriffs, county commissions and school boards" to "...immediately place on their websites the email address and phone number for their public records points of contact." Additionally, the Attorney General asked the government leaders to have their contracts and current budgets posted online in time for Sunshine Week, which starts on March 15.[1]
See also
Ballotpedia evaluated ballot measure information on Florida county websites in March 2012.
Correcting errors
If you discover an error in this chart or on one of the articles about a Florida county, you can report the error by emailing us.
Footnotes