Politics & Government

Lake County Wins Website Award

Government's site earns an A+ for transparency.

For the third straight year, Lake County has received a “Sunny Award” and an A+ transparency grade for its website.

Sunshine Review, a national non-profit organization dedicated to government transparency, reviewed more than 6,000 government websites and recently announced the 2012 winners.

Websites are graded on having items such as: budgets, meetings, lobbying, financial audits, contracts, academic performance, public records and taxes.

Lake County is one of only six counties in Illinois to receive this top grade.

— Submitted by Lake County Board Chairman David Stolman


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