新作坊

Citizen involvement in the digital age

摘要：

Society at large has shifted to an online world, and public chief information officers and managers are beginning to use this societal trend to their advantage. Two uses of online engagement in the public sector come from the Carolinas. In each, the idea of community remains, while the way in which people convene shifts to the Web. Home to more than 250,000 people, Spartanburg County, SC, is no stranger to connecting with its populace concerning important community issues. The county is faced with key economic development goals to help modernize this segment of rural America and has responded with an innovative digital community. Cary, NC, with a population of 121,000, is located in the heart of the world-famous Research Triangle region. The citizens in this high-tech location are not afraid of computers. Collecting data, studies, plans, reports, and ordinances from other places, they e-mail officials and staff members regularly to ask questions and express their opinions.