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Using the Internet to Build Capacity in Local Stakeholders. Barbara Brandon Bob Carlitz Information Renaissance Pittsburgh, PA. “The Internet Changes Everything”. Transformative Democratic Scaleable. Using the Internet to Build Capacity in Local Stakeholders.
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Using the Internet to Build Capacity in Local Stakeholders Barbara Brandon Bob Carlitz Information Renaissance Pittsburgh, PA 1
“The Internet Changes Everything” • Transformative • Democratic • Scaleable 2
Using the Internet to Build Capacity in Local Stakeholders • Increasing public participation with interactive Web sites • Changing stakeholder attitudes toward the Internet • Libraries as a Community Resource for Environmental Information 3
Increasing Public Participation With Interactive Web Sites • Online Rulemaking • Online Federal Advisory Committees • Online Modeling 4
Increasing Public Participation With Interactive Web Sites • Electronic Enforcement • Online Permitting • Online Communities 5
Online Rulemaking • Background material online • Electronic Docket Rooms • Reply Comment Periods • National Dialogues 6
Changing Stakeholder Attitudes Toward the Internet EDUCATION • Process education • Online workshops • Online guides and 1-page Templates • Online lectures via Streaming video 7
Changing Stakeholder Attitudes Toward the Internet TOOLS • Glossaries and FAQs • Hotline to assist Web use • Improved access to databases 8
Changing Stakeholder Attitudes Toward the Internet GROUPS • Networks and e-mail • Online information brokers • Enhanced public access to the net • Improved state agency and NGO sites 9
Libraries as a Community Resource for Environmental Information • A National Dialogue online • September 18-29, 2000 • www.network-democracy.org/epa • See this site for details of the points listed here 10