Have you seen (thru) the new City of Carbondale website? In his "Dazettte" blog Scott T notes how Sunshine Review gives the site high marks in the government-transparency department. They call Carbondale “Transparency Capitol of The Entire State of Illinois.”
According to Mayor's press release, a key component to the site is Citizen Access, which Cole said he developed according to guidelines of Sunshine Review.
The DE sez the Arthur Agency got paid $15,915. One of the things a city site should have -- according to Sunshine Review guidelines -- is a checkbook register posted online.... I don't see it.
Another thing, I find no mention of the City's free wireless internet, but may be simple oversight (mine or the City's).
$15k for a site based on Drupal... you've got to be joking!
ReplyDeleteI hope that part of 300,000 plus that goes to tourism paid for the site. Especially, since Carbondale's Tourism site sucks, and they don't do anything
ReplyDeleteI noticed the site was driven by Drupal, so $15k DOES seem like a lot, but the price probably includes the domain name "explorecarbondale.com". ;-)
ReplyDeleteI'd be willing to pay (almost) that much (say 1%) to drupalize the ShawneeNet.Net site, which is currently is more stuck than even Carbondale Tourism.