D.C. website earns transparency award

Published March 12, 2012 4:00am ET



A disgraced councilman awaiting sentencing on corruption charges and at least two federal probes into top city officials didn’t hamper the District’s website from being a transparent source of information, an open government advocacy group says.

Sunshine Review awarded the city’s website — www.dc.gov — an A-minus in its rating of the site’s openness. The website earned coveted green checkmarks in nine of 10 categories. The exception? Lobbying.

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