Includes “Wisconsin received a 78 transparency score on a recent review of state governments’ annual financial reports, putting the state in a tie for 35th best among all 50 states, according to the policy institute Truth in Accounting (TIA). … The categories in the analysis are a clean (passing) independent auditor opinion (50 points), no confusing deferred items (10 points), inclusion of retirement liabilities (10 points), timely publication within 100 days of a fiscal year’s end (10 points), online accessibility (five points), navigable links (five points), use of external auditor (five points) and pension data timing (five points). …”