E-Legislatures
Studies and Surveys
Legislative Websites: Awards and Rankings
Researchers present their findings or rank the effectiveness of state legislative websites.
Cyberdemocracy v. Egovernment: The Degree of Interactivity on State Legislative Websites, By Paul Ferber, Franz Hola, Rudy Pugliese, Rochester Institute of Technology. Paper prepared for delivery at the 2004 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, Il., September 1-5, 2004. Copyright by the American Political Science Association
Top Ten Digital Legislatures, Center for Digital Government - Ranks legislatures based on their innovative use of technology to enhance services to its members and citizens, while increasing operational efficiencies. (Sept. 2003)
Digital Legislatures 2002, Center for Digital Government - Ranks legislatures based on their service offerings to citizens and within the legislature. (Sept. 2002)
The Politics of State Legislature Websites: Making E-Government More Participatory, Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society, Vol. 23, No. 3, June 2003, By Paul Ferber, Franz Hola, Rudy Pugliese.
Legislative Web sites are evaluated on five criteria: Content, Usability, Interactivity, Transparency, and Audience.
Legislative Use of the Internet and E-mail
Researchers present findings about the impact of the use of technology in state legislatures.
State Legislators' Perceptions of the Use of E-mail in Constituent Communication, Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, Vol 8, issue 4, July 2003
Measures and compares the attitudes and perceptions of state legislators toward e-mail.
Representation in State Legislatures: A Focus on Missouri (February 2004) and Representation in State Legislatures (November 2003), Institute of Public Policy, Harry S. Truman School of Public Affairs, University of Missouri--Columbia
Surveys state legislators to determine how they feel about constituency service and the use of technology, whether they believe email has a positive effect on communication, whom they contact via email and the impact of the Internet on the legislature.
E-mail Contact Between Constituents and State Legislators, State and Local Government Review, Winter 2001
Studies factors contributing to Tennessee legislators’ use of e-mail to communicate with their constituents.
E-mail in the State Legislature: Evidence from Three States, State and Local Government Review, Spring 2002
Reviews the literature on the use of information technology in state legislatures and in Congress and uses results from a survey of legislators in California, Georgia, and Iowa to examine how state legislators use e-mail.
E-mocracy: Information Technology and the New York and Vermont State Legislatures, State and Local Government Review, Winter 2005
Findings from this research suggest that state legislators and constituents are using e-mail and the Internet at significant rates, and there is a perception that information technology has led to a slight increase in political participation
Computer-Mediated Communication in the Arizona Legislature: Applying Media Richness Theory to Member and Staff Communication, State and Local Government Review, Spring 2005
Surveys members and staff of the Arizona legislature to determine if traditional means of face-to-face communication are preferred over other methods of communication, such as e-mail and telephone.
E-Democracy: Legislative-Constituent Communications in Minnesota and Wisconsin, By Davida J. Alperin, University of Wisconsin - River Falls, Paper prepared for delivery at the 2003 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, August 28 - August 31, 2003.
Examines the impact of e-mail on communications between constituents and state legislators.
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