PSWP - The Association of Public Sector Web Professionals > General Meeting Announcement > Topic: Online Communities - Creating Top Quality Portals, Virtual City > Halls, & Websites That Work! > Date/Time: Thursday, October 12th, 2000; 9:00am - 12:30pm > Location: Berkeley Yacht Club, 1 Seawall Drive, Berkeley, CA 94704 > > Federal, state, & municipal governments understand: the age of > E-Government has arrived. More than just online bill payment or "pasting" > print-based documents to the web, true E-government demands serious > re-examination of public sector web design, structure, information > presentation, and service-delivery processes. The October 12th General > Meeting will present recent web initiatives at the federal, state, and > local level, and advice on how to integrate these approaches with your > development activities. > > Presentation: FirstGov.gov - The United States Government Web Portal > > Speaker: David Binetti, President and Chief Executive Officer, Federal > Search Foundation > > Imagine the amount of public information the Federal Government maintains. > Now imagine facilitating access to all that information online. FirstGov, > the first-ever web portal for the United States Federal Government - is > set to become the primary resource for locating public information, from > business and economy to money and benefits to science and technology - and > everything in between! As President and Chief Executive Officer of The > Federal Search Foundation, Mr. Binetti coordinated the FirstGov project > through its accelerated 90-day launch schedule and is responsible for > overseeing the day to day operations of the engine behind FirstGov. This > session will introduce the FirstGov intitiative to state and local > managers, administrators, and web professionals, presenting the goals, > organization, design, functionality, and standards of FirstGov - and how > they were decided. > > Presentation: California E-Government: The Development of a New State > Portal > Speaker: Arun Baheti, Director of E-Government, State of California > What guidelines and goals have driven the State of California's portal > project? What role has the State's Interagency E-Government Task Force > played? As Director of E-Government for the State of California Governor's > Office, Mr. Baheti manages the California State portal project and is > involved with statewide technology policy.This session will present the > design, content, and target audience specifications central to the > portal's development. > > Panel Presentation: Municipal Web Reformations - Redesigning for > E-Government & Online Civic Engagement > Berkeley, Conyers (Georgia), Santa Clarita > Speakers: City of Conyers, Georgia; City of Berkeley, California; City of > Santa Clarita, California > Very few municipal organizations have implemented a full-fledged, > comprehensive online E-Government. However, some small and medium sized > cities have successfully followed a staged development approach toward > improving online service and information delivery. This session presents > municipal web "reformations" aimed at launching new E-Government > intiatives and setting the stage for future development. This panel > represents three very distinct community and organizational environments, > each sharing their particular goals, successes, and methods for dealing > with current challenges. > Stay tuned for more information regarding our next General Meeting : PSWP - The Association of Public Sector Web Professionals November 2000 General Meeting Announcement Topic: Online Mapping Tools & Applications Date/Time: Thursday, November 9th, 2000; 9:00am - 12:30pm Location: Berkeley Yacht Club, 1 Seawall Drive, Berkeley, CA 94704 **************************************************************************** **************************************************************************** ************************************* for further information about the meeting or the organization contact Donna or go to http://www.pswp.org/ > Donna LaSala, PSWP Co-Founder > Web Manager > City of Berkeley, California > 1947 Center Street, Berkeley, CA 94704 > Phone: (510) 665-7659 > Fax: (510) 644-4842 > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________ Pauline A. Marx Finance Director/Treasurer City of Emeryville 2200 Powell Street, Suite 1200 Emeryville, CA 94608 510/596-4328 fax:510/658-8095
