Lack of Web Utilization In State Government

Steve Bailey of the Boston Globe reports today that Attorney General Tom Reilly has done little to improve the Office of the Attorney General's website. Bailey writes, "In the year 2006 in a state that considers itself a technology leader this is beyond a bad joke. Transparency is not an option but a requirement today, and in 7 1/2 years in office Reilly has not found a way to move the basic financial reports of our important brand-name institutions-- to say nothing of the thousands of no-name charities-- from an archaic internal computer system to the Web where anyone can access them any time."
I could not have said it any better myself.

Mr. Bailey states that even the legislature is better at providing information, which really is not saying much. The legislature's website is pretty archaic too. All the websites for the state government should be as good as they can be, not only for good government reasons, but because it says something to the outside world about the innovative nature of this state. Currently, the impression being created by the state's websites is not inspiring.

For comparison, check out how other states are doing it. Here are some websites for Attorney General's in the other New England states: Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Maine, Connecticut, and Vermont.