The Civic Network
The Civic Network is an evolving collection of online resources dedicated to supporting
civic life and citizen participation. The site links to the Center for Civic
Networking, the Neighborhoods Online resource center, and the Journal of Municipal
Telecommunications, which focuses on local government's role in developing
telecommunications infrastructure. The site links to resources for technical assistance
with cable television needs assessments, planning internal government telecommunications
networks, organizing for community-wide universal telecommunications service , and helping
small businesses and community-based economic development organizations experiment with
electronic commerce and Internet marketing.
Community
Networking Movement
Useful information about setting up a local or regional "computer-based" network
that provides free access to the Internet as a means of organizing, advocating, sharing
information, educating, communicating and participating in public affairs. The
information contained in this site is not exclusively rural, but it can be adapted to
almost any rural setting.
Free-Nets
& Community Networks
This site links to more than a hundred community
Cornell Local
Government Program
This Cornell University program works to improve the ability of small municipalities in
New York state to govern effectively. The site provides access to on-line financial
management tools -- Municipal Budget Worksheet, a spreadsheet that aids in the budgeting
process, and Capital Plus, a stand-alone program for developing a multi-year financial and
capital plan.
Innovation Groups
A membership organization of city, town, and county governments that provides networking
research and training opportunities to local governments. The site provides access
to an online library of more than 10,000 local government documents, free newsletters,
discounts on workshops, books, publications and tapes, and a variety of training
opportunities, a calendar, and links to websites of local governments and agencies.
Library
of Congress Page on State and Local Government
Meta-indexes for state and local government information with links to data about,
organizations serving, and resources available to state and local governments, as well as
links to state and local government web sites.
Municipal Information Exchange
The Municipal Information Exchange is a full service information bank providing
enterprise-scale data warehousing and advanced Web applications to municipal governments.
It was founded on the idea that no local government should be deprived of quality
information management simply because it is small or rural or fiscally strapped.
National Rural Network
Now under construction, this site will the home page of a new network that aims to include
the broadest set of stakeholders and issues affecting life in the diverse regions of rural
America. It links to the new Congressional Rural Caucus website, and it has a
calendar of events, an agenda of issues and a list of sponsors. Rural LISC is part
of this network.
