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Advanced Web Comment Forms

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Advanced Web Comment Forms are self-service forms that route public comments and queries to the proper decision-maker or customer service contact.

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Budget Proposals Online

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Budget proposals online provide access to proposed budget, tax, and spending proposals.


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Community Portals

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Community portals, sometimes government-funded, present local content, community link directories, community event calendars, and more. They are designed in the public interest to make community content more accessible.

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Content Syndication

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Content syndication provides citizens convenient access to new content and headlines from government via RSS and other online syndication standards.

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Democracy Portal

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A democracy portal is an e-government website section that provides up-to-date access to decision-making content, representative processes, and citizen participation opportunities across multiple government departments, programmes, Council committees, and local commissions and task forces.

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Democratized Navigation

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Democratized navigation includes automatic generation of links to the most popular website content (downloads) over various timeframes such as the last week, month, year, or all-time.

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Democratic Process Multimedia

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Democratic process multimedia use Flash or other interactive experiences to provide an educational overview of democratic processes of government.

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E-democracy Marketing

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Promotional campaigns and strategies that have successfully built citizen awareness and participation in e-democracy related activities in government.

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Elected Official Videos

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Elected official videos provide short video webcasts that introduce elected officials to citizens.

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E-mail Response Policy

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An e-mail response policy is a service pledge to citizens describing response policies and upfront exclusions (e.g. non-constitutients), the expected time for response, the method of communication, and the recourse process if a response is not received.

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E-Newsletters

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E-Newsletters from government provide reliable and periodic updates on new content, e-service updates, and democratic participation opportunities. They are tied to site-wide e-mail opt-in strategies that allow cost effective cross promotion of e-democracy related content and e-consultations.

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E-Notification

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Based on personal content preferences, e-notification services send timely e-mail, SMS, or instant message alerts with links to highly relevant updated information.

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Geographic Personalisation

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Geographic personalisation covers the participatory use of geographic information as well as the ability to access personalised information based on location.

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M-Democracy - Mobile Content

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M-Democracy includes the provision of government content and services in formats specifically tailored for handheld computers (PDAs) and/or mobile phones

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Online Polls and Surveys

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Asking for quick and simple public input on a government web site.

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Open Appointment System and Directory

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A database-driven system providing access to all open appointment opportunities for government commissions, committees, task forces as well as current membership lists and terms of service.

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Public Meeting Announcement and Notification System

Public Meeting Announcement and Notification System

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A system where the public can subscribe to receive notices about public meetings and agenda items that interest them.

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SMS Citizen Input

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SMS citizen input is the ability for citizens to send SMS (text messages via mobile phones) to mayors, councillors, the council, and the local authority as a whole.

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Universal Inbox for Elected Officials

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Universal inbox for elected officials is a system to integrate voicemail, FAX, e-mail communications for elected officials.

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Voter Education Online

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Voter education online goes beyond basic voting logistics to include enhanced non-partisan content that promoted informed voting in local elections and referendums.

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Voting Records in XML

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Access to recorded voting records in XML format.

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Webcasting Public Meetings

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Wireless Internet

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Wireless internet with e-democracy represents the use of Wi-Fi in council chambers, committee meeting rooms, and other spaces used by councillors, staff, and potentially citizens.

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