Three related programs helping local governments learn how to plan information-rich websites to transact business and communicate with their citizens; and how to find the resources to design and maintain their websites.
A 3-4 hour hands-on training session providing local officials with an in-depth understanding of eGovernment, its benefits, and its possibilities. The session includes exploration of eGovernment sites so participants can better understand the possibilities, and small group consideration (with others from the same local government) of its usefulness for participants’ own jurisdictions.
Design, creation and implementation of an eGovernment site in a specific county. This is a months-long process of planning, design, and implementation, under the leadership of the county government and Penn State Cooperative Extension. Municipalities in the county are invited and encouraged to engage in the process to develop municipal eGovernment sites. Available Fall, 2002.
PMPEI - Provides courses in community planning and land use regulations for planning commissioners, zoning hearing board members, zoning administrators, and elected officials.
