Michigan Public Policy Survey (MPPS) Spring 2011, Question 56a

Effectiveness of a local government dashboard for jurisdictions' accountability and transparency

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How effective or ineffective do you think a local government performance dashboard would be in helping to improve your jurisdiction's accountability and transparency? (Among those jurisdictions which did not report being completely unfamiliar with the state dashboard)

Jurisdiction Type Crosstabulation
% within Jurisdiction Type
  Jurisdiction Type Total
County Township City Village
How effective or ineffective do you think a local government performance dashboard would be in helping to improve your jurisdiction's accountability and transparency? (Among those jurisdictions which did not report being completely unfamiliar with the state dashboard) Very Effective 1% 4% 5% 4% 4%
Somewhat Effective 43% 23% 34% 19% 26%
Neither Effective nor Ineffective 32% 37% 39% 45% 38%
Somewhat Ineffective 12% 3% 8% 6% 5%
Very Ineffective 12% 10% 11% 9% 10%
Don't Know 0% 23% 3% 17% 17%
Total 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%