*** Democracies Online Newswire - http://www.e-democracy.org/do *** ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- From: PoliticsOnline <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date sent: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 18:59:07 "GMT" Subject: Special Report -- Intelligence Test of EU Government Contact: Andy Hoefer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (843) 853-3002 Fax: (843) 722-4283 Sweden Finishes On Top in Second Annual PoliticsOnline/ AMSU Net Intelligence Test of EU Government Amsterdam -- Swedish government sites were rated best in the European Union by the second Internet Intelligence study conducted by the Amsterdam-Maastricht Summer University in conjunction with PoliticsOnline, Inc. "This study showed that the governments of the EU have taken the Internet seriously and are making a real effort to use it effectively," said Phil Noble, president of PoliticsOnline and one of the study’s supervisors. "We are a long way from seeing truly interactive government but things are headed in the right direction." Sweden scored 78 out of a total of 100 possible points, followed by England at 73. France dropped from a first place to the sixth, while The Netherlands reached the fifth spot at 65. Complete results of the study are available at http://www.politicsonline.com/specialreports/000808/eusurvey.asp. The Internet Test was designed and conducted by Noble, Dutch political consultant Jacques Monasch, and Bernhard Lehmann von Weyhe of Saarbruecken University, Germany, and students in the University’s course Political Campaigns, the Internet and Democracy. Websites of prime ministers, parliaments, and governmental ministries from each of the fifteen EU member nations were evaluated in the course of the test. PoliticsOnline is the world’s premier company providing fundraising and Internet tools for politics. Among the company’s many products and services are an award-winning web site, the Internet Campaign Manager CD-ROM, Instant Online Fundraiser, a free daily news and information service, NetPulse, The Weekly PoliTicker, and Phil Noble’s Guide to the Internet, which was produced with Campaigns and Elections magazine. PoliticsOnline is an affiliate company of Phil Noble & Associates, an international political consulting firm based in Charleston, S.C., with offices in Washington, D.C., and Stockholm, Sweden. For more information about PoliticsOnline, Inc., go to http://www.politicsonline.com, and for more information about Phil Noble & Associates, go to http://www.pnoble.com ^ ^ ^ ^ 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. ***
