POWIATY W SIECI. GŁÓWNE FUNKCJE REALIZOWANE PRZEZ SAMORZĄDOWE WITRYNY INTERNETOWE
POLISH COUNTIES IN THE NET. MAJOR FUNCTIONS PERFORMED BY LOCAL GOVERNMENT WEBSITES

Summary/Abstract: The paper addresses the problem of the ICT use by local government institutions, which is the important aspect of the e-government research. Major part of the paper is the presentation of results of the research project carried out in the period of 2005-2009. The study comprised the analysis of the content of websites of Polish counties (the secondary level of Polish local government system). Four major functions performed by local government websites were identified within the framework of the research. They are: information, promotion, consultation and service delivery. Research results indicate that information delivery is the most advanced form of the Internet offer of local government institutions. At the same time capabilities of morę sophisticated aspects of websites content (the stimulation of local public debatę as well as electronic service delivery) remain undeveloped. Nevertheless, it is worth stressing that the gradual enhancement of the content of local government websites can be observed.

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