Providing information and services online improves citizen access to government information, bridging the distance between rural residents and state government. Use of the Internet will increase when citizens can transact business online instead of traveling to government offices. Many communities in Nebraska have Web sites. A few, like the City of Lincoln's InterLinc site, are making their sites dynamic sources of information. The City of South Sioux City boasts having the state's first paperless city council.
Council members receive all materials electronically.
Providing public access. In order to make information on public access sites more accessible, the Community Council is partnering with the Nebraska Library Commission and Nebraska Online to develop a web-accessible database of public access sites. Data will also be used to determine how many communities have public access terminals available, where this access is provided, and if access is provided at times convenient to users. The data will allow policy makers to make better informed decisions on the issue of public access. The information will also be valuable as supporting documentation for a number of grant programs which focus on bridging the digital divide.