Web sites of local governments lack transparency

Description

Creator: Katie Okon
Media Type: Newspaper
Item Types: Articles; Graphics
Notes: The Chicago-based Illinois Policy Institute audited the websites of 24 local government agencies and determined that 20 of them failed the "Local Transparency Project." The websites were examined for the availability of information such as budgets, pulic records, financial audits, taxes, lobbying, salaries and benefits. The agency hopes the project will motivate citizens to seek to have local governments make more information public.

Chart showing passing and failing agencies, with scores, in the augid conducted by the Illinois Policy Institute.
Date of Publication: 5 Aug 2010
Subject(s): Municipal government
Local government
Web Sites
Local identifier: Wilmette.News.307696
Language of Item: English
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