Local Government Web Sites

by Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko

The list below gives you an overall view of the information world wide web can offer in the field of local government. Because of the great number of local government authorities and wide range of their activities, I have concentrated mainly on the "metalinks", i.e. the links which collect the information and provide easy access to several institutional and communal web sites. You should be able to find most of the web sites of local authorities by using these metalinks. Bon voyage!

One more thing. If you want to comment on this collection or give some relevant new addresses, contact me by e-mail (kuaran@uta.fi) or using the form on my home page. This link collection is located at "http://www.uta.fi/valogos/links.html".

Contents

1. A Global Perspective 2. USA and Canada 3. Local Government in Europe 4. Some European Countries 5. Local Government in Finland 6. Other Continents and Countries 7. Some Famous and Interesting Cases

8. Organizations and Associations 9. Community and Civic Networks 10. Citizenship and Citizens' Rights 11. Research, Teaching and Conferences 12. Theme I: Information Networks and Telecommunications 13. Theme II: Information Society 14. Theme III: eDemocracy

1. A Global Perspective

• Governments on the WWW by Gunnar Anzinger
• World - incl. Cities/States/Countries by The University of Texas at Austin, USA
• International City Government Resource Centre (Webmaster Dr. Roger L. Kemp)
• City.Net (excite travel)

2. USA and Canada

• The USA CityLink Project
• State and Local Governments + Library of Congress Internet Resource Page (Library of Congress, USA)
• MAGIC Online Information Backbone, Michigan Access to Government Information Center
• The League of Kansas Municipalities
• U.S. State & Local Gateway (A Federal interagency project)
• Municipal Government Indexes by Douglas Plamping & Associates
• CivicNet BC - The cooperative resource for local government in British Columbia, Canada.
• CPAC Online - Links (incl. Canadian municipalities), Canada

3. Local Government in Europe

• European Governments on the WWW by Gunnar Anzinger in cooperation with the EFF
• The Virtual Tourist - Europe
• The Nordic Pages, Selected Internet resources at the Nordic Countries
• European Digital Cities
• Telecities

4. Some European Countries

• Information about Switzerland
• Das Verzeichnis Deutscher WWW-server - ein Projekt des DFN-CIS
• UK Local Government
• Swedish Government/Municipalities
• See also Local Government in Europe above

5. Local Government in Finland

• Information resource map of Finland + Facts about Finland
• Virtual Finland
• Local information services in Finland (by the City of Oulu - in Finnish)
• Web site of The Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities, Suomen kuntaliitto)
• Kuntien WWW-palvelut (Local Government Information Services) by The Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities (Suomen kuntaliitto)

6. Other Continents and Countries

• World - incl. Cities/States/Countries by The University of Texas at Austin, USA
• City.Net (excite travel)
• Australian Local Government Information Network, (ALGIN)
• Durban Metro - Local Government, South Africa
• African Governments on the WWW by Gunnar Anzinger in cooperation with the EFF
• See also A Global Perspective above

7. Some Famous and Interesting Cases

• The City of Santa Monica
• Blacksburg Electronic Village
• The City of Palo Alto
• abagOnline, Association of Bay Area Governments, USA
• egVirtualCity: just a few example links for virtual city metaphors

8. Organizations, Associations and Networks

• WACLAC (World Association of Cities and Local Authorities Coordination) - World Secretariat of Cities and Local Government
• IULA, International Union of Local Authorities
• ELGO, European Local Government Database
• INTA, International Network for Urban Development
• Local Government International Bureau
• LGAnet, The Local Government Association's Internet service, UK
• ICLEI, The International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives
• MUNICIPIA - Multilingual Urban Network for the Integration of City Planners and Involved local Actors
• International Downtown Association, USA

9. Community and Civic Networks

• OFCN - Organization For Community Networks
• CCN, The Center for Civic Networking
• The Community Connector - Community Networks and Community Information Systems. A Project of the University of Michigan School of Information Community Networking Initiative (UM-SI CNI)
• Action Without Borders
• Morino Institute
• CPSR - Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
• CPN - Civic Practices Network
• The Civic Network - A project of The Center for Civic Networking
• Civic Organizations by Close Up Foundation
• Telecommunities Canada
• Community Web Sites - Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA

10. Citizenship and Citizens' Rights

• New Citizenship by Civic Practices network (CPN)
• The abc of the European Union - Citizenship
• Institute for Citizenship (London)
• Suffrage Universel (Universal franchise), a site dedicated to the relationship between citizenship, democracy, ethnicity and nationality, by Pierre-Yves Lambert

11. Research, Teaching and Conferences

• World Lecture Hall
• LGNet, Logal Government Network - The Center for Civic Networking
• ILGARD, Institute for Local Government Administration and Rural Development at Ohio University
• Local Government Institute (LGI) at the University of Victoria, Canada
• Virginia Institute of Government
• SCILOG - Southern California Institute for Local Government
• Cornell Local Government Program
• ELGO - European Local Government Database by Newmedia Publishing Ltd

12. Theme I: Information Networks and Telecommunications

• A Domain Where Thought Is Free to Roam: The Social Purpose of Community Networks (Prepared for Telecommunities Canada by Garth Graham)
• Telecommunications and Information Sources by NTIA
• Transnational and Intergovernmental Electronic Communication: Policy Questions and Implications of the Emerging Global Information Network, by Steven L. Clift

13. Theme II: Information Society

• ISPO, Information Society Promotion Office. European Commission. Information Society Website
• Information Society - Links, Strategies etc. (partly in Finnish) by Kaapelisolmu
• Life in the Fast Lane: A Municipal Roadmap for the Information Superhighway by Miles R. Fidelman, (The Center for Civic Networking 1994)

14. Theme III: eDemocracy

• Teledemocracy Action News + Network (the web site of the Global Democracy Movement)
• World-Wide E-Democracy Projects Page by G. Scott Aikens
• The Institute for Public Policy Research (see also The Public Involvement Programme), UK
• The Center for Living Democracy
• See also Discussions II: Information Society above

In addition, the WWW server of the University of Tampere are available (partly in English).

Go to VALOGOS Home Page.

Dr. Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko, Department of Local Government Studies, University of Tampere, Finland.