S.C.’s fiscal transparency website ranked in top 10 nationally
South Carolina’s fiscal transparency website is among the top 10 nationally for providing online access to government spending information, according to a report released this week.
South Carolina’s site ranks ninth out of 50 — with a grade of B-plus — in a study conducted by U.S. Public Interest Research Group, a government watchdog organization.
And in focus groups that tested each sites’ “comprehensiveness and usability,” South Carolina’s site was one of only three to be deemed “comprehensive,” the report said.
“I’m thrilled to see it ranked so high because it means we’re doing what I set out to do, which is to make useful information easily available to citizens,” said State Comptroller Richard Eckstrom, who unveiled the state’s fiscal transparency website ten years ago last month. “It’s especially gratifying since it’s done without any additional funding, which puts us at a disadvantage compared to so many other states of which we’ve been ranked ahead.”