The Illinois Municipal League is considering an official endorsement of OurTown2000. Executive Director Kenneth Alderson believes that local government has really been behind the technology curve. That is bound to change, he adds. Downstate Murphysboro, for instance, is experimenting with broadcasts of City Council meetings over the Internet. In working with partners, notably Choice Information Systems Inc. in Newport News, Va., Microsoft aims to reduce the paperwork that inundates courts.
Lawyers are enthusiastic, too.
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