Yorkville awarded for online transparency

On August 27, the Illinois Policy Institute awarded the united city of Yorkville a Sunshine Award for its efforts in online transparency. Yorkville has adopted many of the recommendations outlined in the Institute’s10-Point Transparency Checklist and scored 84.9 points out of a possible 100 earlier this year. Yorkville has created a dedicated page on its website...

On August 27, the Illinois Policy Institute awarded the united city of Yorkville a Sunshine Award for its efforts in online transparency. Yorkville has adopted many of the recommendations outlined in the Institute’s10-Point Transparency Checklist and scored 84.9 points out of a possible 100 earlier this year.

Yorkville has created a dedicated page on its website called “Information for Citizens” where local residents can find links to information for each of the 10-Point Transparency Checklist categories, which lays out best practices online transparency recommendations for local governments.

Out of nearly 7,000 local government agencies in the state of Illinois, only 42 have received the Institute’s Sunshine Award for scoring an 80 percent or higher in online transparency.