INC NEWS - FW: webcasting of Board of Commissioners meetings

[pat carstensen]

>From: "Durham County" <lists at co.durham.nc.us>
>To: pats1717 at hotmail.com
>Subject: [durham_county_news_release] Durham County takes Board of 
>Commissioners meetings to the web with Granicus
>Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 16:01:24 -0400
>
>Durham County has begun webcasting Board of Commissioners meetings with 
>advanced streaming and legislative management solutions offered by San 
>Francisco-based Granicus, Inc.  The new system, which is showing the Dec. 
>11 board meeting currently, will improve citizen access to Durham County 
>government meetings and aid in improving government transparency.
>
>Durham County is seizing innovative technology offered by Granicus to meet 
>the information demands of the 21st Century that are changing landscape of 
>government communication. Interactive streaming media meets citizen’s 
>demands for municipal information they want, when they want it.
>
>“This is a great example of how we intend to use 21st century technology 
>for everyday business,” said Durham County Manager Mike Ruffin.  “It will 
>help our citizens to understand not just more about what we do and how we 
>do it, but why we do it.”
>
>Local governments across the nation are implementing streaming technology 
>as part of their e-government initiatives to expand the reach and 
>efficiency of government communication. With broadband access increasing 
>nationally, local governments are adopting new tools to support interactive 
>and media rich communication. Durham County is adding one more avenue for 
>delivering seamless service to citizens.
>
>Granicus streaming solutions not only play back an audio/video record of 
>the meeting, but the audio is enriched with index points that enable the 
>end user to easily navigate through the meeting by the agenda items. 
>Granicus creates an integrated public record of meeting agendas and 
>audio/video content that is cross-linked, searchable by keyword, archived 
>and accessible through one easy-to-use interface on the Durham County’s 
>website. Users can conveniently search by keyword or “jump” to the moment 
>when a specific item was discussed through a drop-down menu that includes 
>index points linked to the audio/video stream. Content is available to 
>citizens and staff any time of day and from any location with an internet 
>connection.
>Citizens will be gain access to the system through the county’s website:
>http://durhamcounty.granicus.com/viewpublisher.php?view_id=2
>
>•	Board of County Commissioners meeting videos are arranged by date, with 
>the most recent at the top of the list.
>•	Click Video to watch the meeting with documents, or Agenda / Minutes to 
>see just the documents. You can also search the archives by typing keywords 
>into the Search box.
>
>About Granicus:
>
>Granicus, Inc. is the leading provider of streaming media solutions to 
>local government agencies. Cities and counties utilize the Granicus 
>solution to improve external and internal access to public meetings, which 
>are available in the Windows Media™ audio and video format live over the 
>Internet, and as searchable archives that can be used for efficient 
>long-term record keeping. By measurably improving public and internal 
>access to information beyond what can be provided through cable broadcast, 
>Granicus has become the popular streaming media solution of choice for such 
>innovative cities and governments as: City of San Diego, City of 
>Scottsdale, City and County of Denver, City of Los Angeles, California 
>Public Utilities Commission, City of Charlotte and County of Mecklenburg, 
>and more. For more information about Granicus, please visit: 
>www.granicus.com  or call 415-357-3618. To view how over 150 clients are 
>using Granicus webcasting and legislative management tools to provide 
>citizens with better access to government visit www.granicus.com/clients or 
>contact PR Coordinator, Lauren Alexander, at Lauren at granicus.com.
>
>
>
>[Please contact the Public Information Office at (919) 560-0000
>for information related to news releases.]
>
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>Please email public_information at durhamcountync.gov with any questions.
>
>Prepared by:
>Wil Glenn
>Public Information Specialist
>(919) 560-0000
>County Managers Office
>200 East Main Street
>Durham, NC 27701
>
>Durham County Government Official Website:
>http://www.durhamcountync.gov/
>
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