My notes prepared for the session have been placed on the Internet. Managers can exchange ideas, collect data for policy analysis or simply provide information on township services and policy. A good example of how local governments are being called to respond to emerging technologies is the evolution of the Internet and the World Wide Web. Access to Information One of the strengths of the Internet is asynchronous access to information anywhere in the world.
Access is for the most part equal , once someone gets out onto the Internet.
The following web sites may be of interest to local government professionals. Providing Information Local governments can provide information to citizens via the Internet in a number of ways. For this users can send and receive e-mail across the Internet. They also get access to proprietary sites housed by the various services. At a minimum, local government users should at least have a 14.4 modem connection, a computer with 4 to 8 megs of ram, and 10-20 megs of free hard disk space.