Web Olympics Project:
Good and Bad Government Pages

Click on the above graphic to see an example of a state government web page at http://www.doc.state.nc.us/. The North Carolina Department of Corrections GIF has been reproduced from the N.C. Supreme Court site only for academic discussion, evaluation, research and complies with the copyright law of the United States as defined and stipulated under Title 17 U. S. Code.

Group: Bestgroup

Washington State DOT: Seattle Area Traffic Conditions
Score: 10

What we liked:

• Traffic conditions map
• Cameras images of traffic from across the city
• Information is up-to-the-minute
• Very easy to navigate

North Carolina Department of Correction
Score:10

What we liked:

• Tour of the state prison Ñ very homey
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Charleston Police Department br> Score: 9

What we liked:

• Jumping tiger made Tom jump for joy
• Links available to police department bagpipe band and jpeg of kilt
• Pictures available of horses, old police cars and the underwater SWAT team
• The great JAVA graphics Ñ flashing blue lights and cheetahs

Iowa Department of Natural Resources
Score:3

What we disliked:

• No graphics
• Limited information
• Emotionally disruptive, says Heidi
• No matching color!

North Carolina Homepage
Score: 3.5

What we disliked:

• Ugly yellow background
• Hurt eyes to look at
• Use of graphics was so poor, it made us cry : (
• Their top-ten web sites were bad

Wyoming Homepage
Score: 2>>6

What we disliked:

• Very poor page until graphic source is found
• Information hard to follow, not put together well
• Deb wouldn't have liked it neither would the DJ of the day
• Poor use of color

Group: SHARKS

Nasa Homepage
Score: 10

What we liked:

• Moving Graphics
• Variety, Lots of information
• Photos
• Sound Bites
• Easy to navigate

CIA Homepage
Score: 8

What we liked:

• Foreign Maps
• Good Links
• Visual icons for links, instead of text
• Wealth of Information

Hong Kong Homepage br> Score: 8

What we liked:

• Visual icon links
• Photos
• Easy to search
• A lot of links

Office of Management Budget
Score: 2

What we disliked:

• No graphics
• All text
• Boring links
• Redundant information

US Immigration and Naturalization Service Homepage
Score: 2

What we disliked:

• No graphics
• Not much information
• I hate the government (Jonathan)
• Lame webpage

Nuclear Regulatory Commission Homepage
Score: 2

What we disliked:

• It sucks

Group: City Slickers

Nashville Government
Score: 8.5

What we liked:

• Creative details
• Still being improved
• Informative and well-organized
• Good links

City of Albuquerque
Score:8

What we liked:

• Lots of pictures
• Good, fun links that other pages don't have
• Easy to find what you need
• Can search within site

City of Portland Oregon Homepage
Score: 7

What we liked:

• Includes speeches by mayor
• Exciting colors and backgrounds
• Record of past agendas
• Links to most bureaus of the city government

Village of Barrington Hills Local Government Information
Score:1

What we disliked:

• Has only one link
• Boring - no color or graphics
• Very limited information
• No means of contacting the creator for comments

Town of Chapel Hill
Score: 3

What we disliked:

• Boring in appearance
• Just one list after another
• No information that you couldn't find in a phonebook
• Inadequate description of the city

City of Richmond Government
Score: 2

What we disliked:

• Outdated information
• Poor format - margins and spacing errors
• Limited information
• VERY drab appearance - only one ugly graphic

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