Video on Demand
The Massachusetts Campaign for Open Government currently is doing its annual review of municipal websites. I have been helping out and have noticed that more and more communities have video on demand features either on their websites or on the website of the local community television station. In previous posts I have talked about Franklin’s and Barnstable’s video on demand features. Here are a few more communities that provide this service to the public:
Boston
(Okay, so the Boston City Council has gotten into some trouble in the past with the Open Meeting Law… but still ahead of the majority of communities with this feature.)
Chatham
(Has videos meetings posted from the past two years.)
Easthampton
Fitchburg
(Fitchburg Access TV posts online video of a lot of events around the city.)
Framingham
Haverhill
(Last two meeting of City Council on community television.)
Newton
(Okay, Newton has audio of Alderman meetings, not videos…. but it’s a start.)
Video on demand is a very cool feature, especially in these busy times, that allows citizens to watch public meetings at whatever time is convenient to them, without them having to remember to set the video, dvd recorder, or TiVo. It is another example of how the latest technology that can make access to local government information easier. Hopefully, more communities will embrace it.
Boston
(Okay, so the Boston City Council has gotten into some trouble in the past with the Open Meeting Law… but still ahead of the majority of communities with this feature.)
Chatham
(Has videos meetings posted from the past two years.)
Easthampton
Fitchburg
(Fitchburg Access TV posts online video of a lot of events around the city.)
Framingham
Haverhill
(Last two meeting of City Council on community television.)
Newton
(Okay, Newton has audio of Alderman meetings, not videos…. but it’s a start.)
Video on demand is a very cool feature, especially in these busy times, that allows citizens to watch public meetings at whatever time is convenient to them, without them having to remember to set the video, dvd recorder, or TiVo. It is another example of how the latest technology that can make access to local government information easier. Hopefully, more communities will embrace it.
Labels: local government, Massachusetts, Open Government
posted by KJS at 4:37 PM
3 Comments:
How goes the evaluation of the websites? Any idea if it is complete or how municipalities are informed of their rating?
Thank you Pam for your questions. We are still reviewing the websites, although the preliminary results have been posted on the project's website. Cities and towns will be notified once the review is completed by the end of this week. The cities and towns will be recognized in a ceremony at the Statehouse on March 19th.
The Holland Blog started covering the town hall meetings in March of 2009.
The Holland blog has the zip code of Holland as URL:
http://www.01521.com
The Holland Blog is an interactive web page where everybody can participate and leave comments as long as the comments are not offensive or libelous.
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