Illinois Gets Failing Grade in Gubernatorial Personal Financial Disclosure

Illinois has no requirements that Governor Rod Blagojevich reveal any of his personal financial information.

That’s the finding on a report by the Center for Public Integrity released Thursday.

Illinois ranks 37th with a score of 54 out of 100. Here’s the score sheet.

Here’s the methodology.

The items examined were

  • Filing – how often are governors required to file reports?
  • Extent – what information and level of detail are required?
  • Access – how much public access do the state agencies provide to the information?
  • Enforcement – what audit authority does the state have?
  • Extra – do elected officials besides the governor file? What about non-elected officials?

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