Illinois Policy Institute - Blog - Schaumburg Township Area Transparency Results, 4 of 18 receive passing grades

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7/28/2010
by Brian Costin

An 6-month follow up audit of the Schaumburg Township area in Northwestern Cook County revealed that still only 4 of 18 local government agencies graded received a passing grade on basic online transparency guidelines.

The “Local Transparency Project”, a project of the non-partisan Illinois Policy Institute, consists of two separate transparency audits 6 weeks apart on 10 different online transparency categories including elected & administrative official contacts, meetings, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), budgets, financial audits, expenditures, employee’s salary & benefits, contracts, lobbying, and taxes & fees information.

Overall Transparency rankings for the Schaumburg Township area are listed below. Full details attached here in excel.

Schaumburg Township Scoring	1st Audit	2nd Audit	3rd Audit	Change
District 54	37.75	90	90	52.25
Schaumburg	59	77.2	84.5	25.4
District 211	27.2	82.65	82.35	55.15
Hoffman Estates	51.65	63	76.8	25.15
Schaumburg Twp. Lib.	17	56	56	39
Hanover Park	34.85	40.35	49.6	14.75
Rolling Meadows Park Dist.	1.25	45.525	47.525	46.275
Streamwood	36	38.5	44.2	8.2
Elk Grove Village	28.55	28.55	34.55	6
Rolling Meadows	21.9	25.95	29.75	7.85
Rolling Meadows Library	8.5	25.25	28.25	16.75
Roselle	20.1	28.6	28.1	8
Hoffman Estates Park Dist.	19	25.75	25.75	6.75
Hanover Park Park Dist.	7	11.75	23.25	11
Elk Grove Village Park Dist.	12.5	12.5	22.5	10
Schaumburg Twp.	11.75	17.75	17.75	6
Streamwood Park District	6	10.625	14.5	8.5
Schaumburg Park Dist.	10.5	10.5	10.5	0

Average Score	22.81	38.36	42.55	19.28

Scores as of July 8th.

Harper College results included in Palatine Township audit.