Local Gov’t websites a mixed bag, says D&C
Here’s something everybody can agree on, regardless of party. Our government should be more open, more transparent, and more effective at every level. Websites are great place to provide information and access to services. As the D&C revealed today, some local governments do a great job with their websites, and some are lousy.
In the Democrat and Chronicle’s review, most of the expected basics were available across the spectrum, although many sites - including those of the town of Farmington in Ontario County, towns of Riga, Rush, Sweden, Webster and villages of Scottsville and Spencerport in Monroe County - were given low marks because some information was difficult to find. Reporters approached their review as if they were local residents looking for information on the sites.
Only the towns of Chili and Penfield received high scores for their ease of use and wealth of available information.
This is not Republican vs. Democrat, it’s Open vs. Closed. Republicans control the towns cited as both best and worst.
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[...] SBR wrote earlier about a D&C article detailing how well some local government websites are in terms of access and availability of information. As he said Here’s something everybody can agree on, regardless of party. Our government should be more open, more transparent, and more effective at every level. Websites are great place to provide information and access to services. [...]