Implementing public utility commission web sites: Targeting audiences, missing opportunities

Public Administration Review

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 753-763

  Wood, Lawrence ^a   Bernt, Phyllis ^a,b   Ting, Carol ^a,b  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

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EID: 67651171600     PISSN: 00333352     EISSN: 15406210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2009.02022.x     Document Type: Article

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