Online newsletters

Description:
Information on specific news items and events on a regular basis to a general audience or a pre-registered audience (for specific community newsletters, etc.).

eParticipation areas:

• Campaigning
• Electioneering
• Information Provision

Stage policy cycle: Relevant to all stages where stakeholders need to be informed about policy issues.


Specials:
Typically users have to register to receive the newsletter, providing a varying amount of personal information depending on the specific newsletter; therefore privacy of information needs to be considered.


Channel:
Every device that is able to receive eMail. This includes PCs and mobile phones.

Technology:

• Web application

Evaluation:
Number of subscribers

Additions:
http://dowire.org/index.php http://www.cipfa.org.uk/panels/centgov/newsletter.cfm http://www.diggov.org/news/dgonline/dgonline_0904.jsp