Evaluation of New Hampshire county websites

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This page captures a snapshot of the information contributed by Sunshine Review users after they've studied the information made available on New Hampshire county websites.

See also: County websites, state-by-state comparison, to compare what you can find on New Hampshires'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
P	means that information was partially provided

Check the Sunshine Review page about each county for more detailed information about what information is available on the county website, along with recommendations SR users have made for positive changes.

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Conclusions chart

2012

In 2012, the counties averaged a "D" website transparency grade.

	Budget?	Meetings?	Elected officials?	Admin. Officials?	Permits/ Zoning?	Audits?	Contracts?	Lobbying?	Public records?	Taxes?
Y	4	4	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0
P	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
N	0	0	0	0	5	3	5	5	5	3

Comparison chart

County	Grades	Budget	Meetings	Elected Officials	Admin. Officials	Permits/ Zoning	Audits	Contracts	Lobbying	Public records	Taxes
Belknap County, New Hampshire	D	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N
Carroll County, New Hampshire	D	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N
Cheshire County, New Hampshire	D-	Y	P	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N
Coos County, New Hampshire	D	P	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	N	P
Sullivan County, New Hampshire	C-	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	N	P

2009

In 2009 the counties averaged a "D" website transparency score.

	Budget?	Meetings?	Elected officials?	Admin. Officials?	Permits/ Zoning?	Audits?	Contracts?	Lobbying?	Public records?	Taxes?
Y	7	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
P	0	4	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
N	0	1	1	1	7	6	7	7	7	7

Comparison chart

Please check each district to see when it was last rated, if there is no time stamp then check the "History" tab to see when it was last edited.

County	Grades	Budget	Meetings	Elected Officials	Admin. Officials	Permits/ Zoning	Audits	Contracts	Lobbying	Public records	Taxes
Belknap County, New Hampshire	D	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N
Carroll County, New Hampshire	D	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N
Cheshire County, New Hampshire	D-	Y	P	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N
Coos County, New Hampshire	D	P	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	N	P
Grafton County, New Hampshire	F	Y	P	P	P	N	N	N	N	N	N
Hillsborough County, New Hampshire	F	Y	Y	P	P	N	N	N	N	N	N
Merrimack County, New Hampshire	D	Y	Y	Y	Y	P	N	P	N	N	N
Rockingham County, New Hampshire	F	Y	N	P	P	N	N	N	N	N	N
Strafford County, New Hampshire	F	Y	P	N	N	N	Y	N	N	N	N
Sullivan County, New Hampshire	C-	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	N	P

Correcting errors

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