{"id":76020,"date":"2015-08-20T12:13:22","date_gmt":"2015-08-20T18:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/?p=76020"},"modified":"2015-08-21T09:05:30","modified_gmt":"2015-08-21T15:05:30","slug":"rio-rancho-santa-fe-county-tops-in-transparency-audit-of-websites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2015\/08\/rio-rancho-santa-fe-county-tops-in-transparency-audit-of-websites\/","title":{"rendered":"Rio Rancho, Santa Fe County tops in transparency audit of websites"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_76024\"  class=\"wp-caption module image alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 771px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-76024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/RioRanchoWebsite-771x417.jpg\" alt=\"A screen shot of the City of Rio Rancho's website, which ranked highest among municipalities in New Mexico in the audit.\" width=\"771\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/RioRanchoWebsite-771x417.jpg 771w, https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/RioRanchoWebsite-336x182.jpg 336w, https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/RioRanchoWebsite-768x416.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/RioRanchoWebsite.jpg 1018w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">A screen shot of the City of Rio Rancho&#8217;s website, which ranked highest among municipalities in New Mexico in the audit.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The City of Rio Rancho&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ci.rio-rancho.nm.us\/\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a> is the best among municipalities in the state for making information available to the public.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s according to the New Mexico Foundation for Open Government, which on Wednesday released <a href=\"http:\/\/nmfog.org\/review-of-city-and-county-websites\/\" target=\"_blank\">an audit<\/a> of most city and county websites statewide.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"module align-left half type-aside\">\n<h3>Learn more<\/h3>\n<p>Read more about the audit, dig into the data, and see where your city or county ranked <a href=\"http:\/\/nmfog.org\/review-of-city-and-county-websites\/\" target=\"_blank\">on FOG&#8217;s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Rio Rancho scored\u00a084 out of a possible 95 in the audit. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabq.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">Albuquerque<\/a> was second at 83. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.losalamosnm.us\/Pages\/home.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Los Alamos<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.santafenm.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">Santa Fe<\/a> both scored a 70, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.las-cruces.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Las Cruces<\/a> scored a 67.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cityofanthonynm.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Anthony<\/a> had the lowest score among cities, an eight. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cityofgrants.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Grants<\/a> scored a 20, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cityofespanola.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Espa\u00f1ola<\/a> scored a 30 and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ratonnm.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">Raton<\/a> scored a 31.<\/p>\n<p>Among counties, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.santafecountynm.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">Santa Fe<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bernco.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bernalillo<\/a> were tops, scoring 84 and 83, respectively. The lowest were <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hcnm.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">Harding<\/a>\u00a0at\u00a014, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.co.cibola.nm.us\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cibola<\/a> at 18, and <a href=\"http:\/\/quaycounty-nm.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">Quay<\/a> at 19.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Government websites should be resources for the public to easily access key information,&#8221; said Gregory Williams, president of the FOG board and an Albuquerque attorney. &#8220;This audit is intended to assist government bodies to better manage websites and present useful public data in accessible formats.&#8221;<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Williams added that nationwide the gold standard is for online government information to be downloadable, searchable and sortable, not if PDF form.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;FOG is available to government bodies needing guidance to implement website improvements,&#8221; Williams added. \u00a0&#8220;Our organization&#8217;s primary mission is to educate citizens, professionals and public officials about their rights and responsibilities under New Mexico&#8217;s open government laws.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The audit was conducted in February and March 2015 and updated in July 2015. During that 4-5 month period, a number of cities and counties improved their scores by posting additional information.\u00a0The website audit was made possible by grants from the LANL Foundation and Santa Fe philanthropist Dee Ann McIntyre, FOG said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The audit by the N.M. Foundation for Open Government ranked most cities and counties statewide. 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