Looking to pitch its computer services to governments, NIC Inc. has created a site that purportedly tracks government transparency efforts. Transparent-Gov.com is an easy grader – Why offend potential customers? Still, it would be nice to have some honest appraisals.
For more objective measures of state and local efforts in North Carolina, you have to read the JLF Spotlight on transparency and check out our transparency portal when it goes live. On the national scene, you can check Sunshine Review and ATR Center for Fiscal Accountability.