LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY INITIATIVE: WEBSITE ASSESSMENTS

CyberMichigan has been conducting local government website assessments and reporting on key findings about eGovernment initiatives in Michigan since 1998. We continue to provide an independent, professional analysis of Michigan's local government websites to recognize innovative and effective practices that help citizens find information and interact with their local officials, as well as to encourage all of the state's local governments to get online. All of the official websites for the state's local governments--counties, cities, villages, and townships--were evaluated using testing methodology based on the nationally recognized Website Attribute Evaluation System (WAES) developed by the Cyberspace Policy Research Group [opens in new window] at the University of Arizona, Tucson and George Mason University.

The 2004 Local Government & Community Initiative project was funded in part by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.

Do you want to know how your community scored on the 2004 WAES assessment? We can send you an individualized report if you request one by email at webmaster@cybermichigan.org.

READ THE 2004 REPORT! Michigan's Online Local Government: An Evaluation of the State's Localities on the Internet, June 2004

    About This Project

    WAES: Evaluation Criteria Breakdown   

    Summary Graph - 2004 Michigan Local Governments Online  

    Michigan's Local Government Websites:  Complete alphabetical listings of all Michigan municipalities that have Web sites. 

Counties 

Townships

Cities and Villages

   Michigan's Top Ten:  Michigan's local government TOP TEN county, township, city and village Web sites as evaluated against the WAES (June 2004).

    Michigan's Innovative Web site Features: Examples of local government agencies utilizing electronic government implementation of typical services.

    Previous Reports

View the 2002/2003 Local Government & Community Building Report

View the 2000/2001 Local Government & Community Building Report