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Making a Case for Local E-Government



Advice from Local E-Government Pioneers

Deal with the cyclical life of local government

With elections every couple of years, change is a way of life in local government. New executives bring in new administrations, new clerks bring in new processes, and new legislators bring in new priorities. Yet even with these continual changes, many officials stay in their positions for years. This may pose a problem, or an opportunity, for innovation. One new supervisor saw opportunity when she came into office. The town had no network, e-mail, or Internet access. Her predecessor had been in office for a decade but had not been interested in technology. The new supervisor's first technology priority was to install a network and an internal e-mail system to link town departments. The change in administration as the catalyst for these fundamental changes in the way the town works.