Comments on: The state of Oregon government websites http://nickcowie.com/2005/the-state-of-oregon-government-websites/ Web standards, accessibility and such like with a bias toward Government web sites Wed, 11 Apr 2012 22:22:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Myles Eftos http://nickcowie.com/2005/the-state-of-oregon-government-websites/comment-page-1/#comment-23 Myles Eftos Mon, 07 Nov 2005 01:01:44 +0000 http://nickcowie.com/?p=26#comment-23 I often find it amusing how government departments have no problem throwing money at a case or feasability study, but then bork at actually forking out for the support staff. You can have the best CMS in the world, but it is next to useless unless you have well trained people that can actually use it. This goes beyond training up a secretary, they need to realise that a web presence is an important commoditity - HIRE STAFF THAT DO WEB! I often find it amusing how government departments have no problem throwing money at a case or feasability study, but then bork at actually forking out for the support staff. You can have the best CMS in the world, but it is next to useless unless you have well trained people that can actually use it.

This goes beyond training up a secretary, they need to realise that a web presence is an important commoditity — HIRE STAFF THAT DO WEB!

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