IP: Self-promotion by office holders on government sponsored Web sites

[Dave Farber <farber@cis.upenn.edu>]

Date: Sun, 25 Oct 1998 12:44:39 -0500
To: farber@cis.upenn.edu
From: Timothy Barmann <tim@cybertalk.com>

Dave,

This story uses a local candidate to explore the
fuzzy issue of office holders using taxpayer-sponsored
government Web sites to promote themselves at election time.

http://www.projo.com/report/pjb/stories/01365012.htm

10.25.98 06:48:54 
Does promotional material belong on state sites?
By TIMOTHY C. BARMANN 
Journal-Bulletin Staff Writer 

The World Wide Web site says that General Treasurer Nancy Mayer is a
``pillar of public trust,'' a ``watchdog of taxpayer funds,'' a ``warrior
against
corruption.'' 

You would expect to find such laudatory remarks in an advertisement, or
perhaps on a Web site promoting Mayer's campaign for the office of state
Attorney General. 

But these are headlines that appear on the General Treasurer's official
government Web site -- paid for by tax dollars. 

--Tim Barmann
Timothy Barmann
Technology Writer
The Providence Journal
tim@cybertalk.com
401-277-7369
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