By JIM McCONVILLE
The Journal
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — West Virginia’s new government spending website has earned an “A+” grade for transparency, according to a report evaluating state websites released Wednesday.
The U.S. Public Interest Research Group Education Fund and Frontier Group in its eighth annual report entitled “Following the Money 2018: How the 50 States Rate in Providing Online Access to Government Spending Data,”graded states’ transparency websites from “A” to “F” based on content and user-friendliness.
USPIRG awarded West Virginia and Ohio an A+ grade. The Mountain State had received a “B” grade in USPIRG’s 2016 report. A report was not released in 2017.
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