Politics & Government
Online Transparency Audit Highlights Local Government
In its audit, the Illinois Policy Institute looked at access to contact information online as well as public meetings, public records and more.
Lake County government agencies received a passing grade for government transparency online from a recent Illinois Policy Institute audit while the College of Lake County did not, according to a Daily Herald analysis.
In its audit, the Illinois Policy Institute looked at access to contact information online as well as public meetings, public records, budgets, audits, expenditures, contracts, taxes and more, according to the Illinois Policy Institute website.
The Daily Herald analysis found of the 102 suburban government agencies in the audit, 70 had scores of 60 percent or below, including the College of Lake County, which received a low score of 21.4 out of 100. The village of Grayslake and local schools districts were not included in the audit.
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Lake County received a score of 86 out of 100, according to the Daily Herald.
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