*** Democracies Online Newswire - http://www.e-democracy.org/do *** This is great to see from the U.S. federal government! The interest tide is turning. - SLC ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PROPOSED SUBMISSION: OIS Newsletter - On-line Civic Participation To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date sent: Wed, 9 Aug 2000 17:32:43 -0400 ******************************************** Call for Articles - OIS Newsletter On-line Civic Particiaption in Government Since June 1997, GSA's Office of Intergovernmental Solutions (OIS) has published a comprehensive intergovernmental solutions newsletter that identifies trends and successes in utilizing information technology around the world and provides highlights from federal, state, local and international governments, as well as industry and academia. For our next edition, we will cover the topic of Online Civic Participation in Government (E-Democracy). Our previous newsletter, Online Access to Government Information, discussed how governments are using the Internet to provide information and services to citizens, businesses, and government employees. This companion newsletter will address how citizens and government representatives are using the Internet to facilitate participation in the political process. We are soliciting articles in the following areas related to online participation in government: · On-line voting · On-line influence of the decision-making process · On-line access to elected officials · On-line advocacy of issues · Online constituencies (Use of the Internet for grass-roots organization and online mobilization of citizens) · On-line campaigning (Candidate and party presence on line) If you have any stories to tell about on-line civic participation or e-democracy and would like to submit an article to the newsletter, please contact James Mackison at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or 202 501-1135 as soon as possible. Articles should be short and concise (approximately 1,000 words) and be submitted electronically by September 22nd, 2000. Please include the author's name, title, organization, telephone number and e-mail address. To check out our most recent newsletter, go to http://policyworks.gov/intergov and click on the "Intergovernmental Solutions Newsletters" button. Sincerely, James Mackison Office of Intergovernmental Solutions http://piolicyworks.gov/intergov U.S. General Services Administration ^ ^ ^ ^ Steven L. Clift - W: http://www.publicus.net Minneapolis - - - E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Minnesota - - - - - T: +1.612.822.8667 USA - - - - - - - ICQ: 13789183 *** Please send submissions to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** *** To subscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** *** Message body: SUB DO-WIRE *** *** To unsubscribe instead, write: UNSUB DO-WIRE *** *** Please forward this post to others and encourage *** *** them to subscribe to the free DO-WIRE service. ***
