Local Government e-Disclosure & Comparisons: Equipping Deliberative Democracy for the 21st Century

by Timothy J. Turner

In Local Government e -Disclosure & Comparisons , author Tim Turner proposes an information system to counterbalance the social complexity represented by over 87,000 local governments and their myriad subordinate units. Turner focuses on three critical whether web-posted data will sufficiently disclose information to interested stakeholders, whether standards will be uniform across state lines, and whether disclosure systems will be integrated nationally. Under his plan, an e-disclosure regimen will populate a federated system of state-based electronic repositories, creating a nationwide data warehouse.

338 pages, Paperback

First published January 28, 2004