Fix my street or else: Using the internet to voice local public service concerns

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn 232, Issue , 2007, Pages 72-80

  King, Stephen F ^a   Brown, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Citizen voice; Electronic government; Local government; Public service transformation; Virtual community

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL GOVERNMENT; DRIVEN SYSTEM; ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; LOCAL PROBLEMS; ONLINE COMMUNITIES; POLITICAL AGENDA; POSSIBLE FUTURES; PROBLEM RESOLUTION; PUBLIC SERVICES; SERVICE DESIGN; SERVICE PERFORMANCE; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; USER EXPECTATIONS; VIRTUAL COMMUNITY;

FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; GOVERNMENT DATA PROCESSING; ROADS AND STREETS; STREET LIGHTING; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING; VIRTUAL REALITY; WEBSITES;

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION;

EID: 77953763257     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1328057.1328076     Document Type: Conference Paper

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