Links & Resources
Links & Resources
E-GOVERNMENT NATIONWIDE
- Presentation: MWDG 04-25-2013 PDF
- Public Meeting Calendar | Calendar Admin Link
- Single Sign On Link (Do Not Bookmark Link)
- Local Government Public Notice Website | localnotices.delaware.gov/wp-admin
- Senate Bill 212 For Municipal Governments-AnnotatedFrom Meeting 1-24-2013
- YouTube & FOIA Presentation MWDG Meeting 8_16_2012. PDF
- Google Analytics Presentation “Webmetrics” by Syd Swann
- MWDG Social Media PowerPoint – January 26, 2012 meeting
- ICMA Article: E-Democracy Improves Trust (submitted by Mark Deshon)
- ICMA Article: Citizen Surveys on the Web: Has the Future Arrived? (submitted by Mark Deshon)
- ICMA Article: 311 Systems Helped Communities Prepare for Hurricane Irene (submitted by Mark Deshon)
- ICMA Publication: A New Way to Communicate with Residents:Local Government Use of Social Media to Prepare for Emergencies (a report by Craig Chavez, Michael Repas, and Thomas L. Stefaniak – submitted by Mark Deshon)
- ICMA Publication: Using Free, Open-Source Software in Local Governments: Streamlined Internal Computing for Better Performance and Record Keeping (a report by Michael Repas – submitted by Mark Deshon)
- State and Federal E-Government in the United States 2006 (a survey report by Darrell M. West of Brown University’s Taubman Center for Public Policy – submitted by Greg Hughes)
- Are we there yet? (an article in PDF by Kim Patrick Kobza on Citizen Interaction in E-Government Initiatives from the Neighborhood America website, submitted by Mark Deshon)
- Center for Digital Government – a national research and advisory institiute on information technologies and best practices in state and local government (submitted by Mark Deshon)
PRINCIPLES AND BEST PRACTICE
- ICMA Article: Emergency Communications Best Practices (submitted by Mark Deshon)
- Sample Social Media Policy (Young, Conaway, Stargatt & Taylor, submitted by Mark Deshon)
- ICMA chart on Elements of Community Readiness for a 311/CRM System (submitted by Mark Deshon)
- USA.gov Tips and Regulations (an online resource submitted by Dorothy Doyle)
- The Do’s and Don’ts of Modern Web Design (an online resource submitted by Mark Deshon)
- What NASA Can Teach You About Web Design (an online article submitted by Mark Deshon)
- Design Coding (a YouTube rap video promoting best practice, yo; submitted by Danny Schweers)
- Secrets of Successful Government Websites (a presentation in PDF; an adaptation of the book by Vision Internet, created and submitted by Mark Deshon)
- Quality Tips for Webmasters (submitted by Mark Deshon via First State Web Association)
- Government Information Center at Delaware.gov
- Accessibility page (submitted by Greg Hughes)
- DTI’s www.[municipalityname].delaware.gov Request Form (submitted by Greg Hughes)
- Government Domain-Name Guidelines (submitted by Sussex County)
- University of Delaware Idea Center (submitted by Mark Deshon)
- Website Email Anti-Harvesting Techniques (submitted by Sussex County)
- Search Engine Optimization (submitted by Sussex County)
- ICMA article on Social Media in Public Life (submitted by Mark Deshon)
- also see excellent printed resources under Recommended Reading below
TRAINING
- CSS Video Tutorials from Lynda.com (submitted by Danny Schweers)
LINKS TO OTHER HELPFUL RESOURCES
- Free website to help you shrink your photos for web
- eBook Discussion & Demonstration 7-28-11 (submitted by Ed McNeeley)
- Federal Resources for Managing Websites (submitted by Greg Hughes)
- Resource Links posted by National Association of Government Webmasters (submitted by Mark Deshon)
- E-Gov’t Policy Resources (PDF file of list complied by Carol Spencer of Morris County, N.J., submitted by Mark Deshon)
- Encoding an E-mail Address (submitted by Dick Cleaveland)
RECOMMENDED READING
- Don’t Make Me Think! A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability (Second Edition), Steve Krug, New Riders Publishing, 2006.
- Designing Web Usability: The Practice of Simplicity, Jakob Neilsen, New Riders Publishing, 2000
- CSS: The Missing Manual, David Sawyer McFarland, Pogue Press – O’Reilly, 2006