Public Administration 747
Computer Applications in
Public Policy and Administration
Interesting Web Sites to Explore

• HoTMaiL: This is a free e-mail service. It is especially useful for students in the Graduate Computer Classroom who do not have their own computers, as they can establish an e-mail address instantly. It is also useful for people who have one computer shared by several people. An entire family can have separate e-mail addresses. Children can access their e-mail from a variety of locations such as from school or a library or at a friend's hours.

• Infoseek Personal News Center: This site allows you to establish a personal news feed related to topics in the news of interest to you.

• Lycos People Finder: This site allows you to find people including their home addresses. The site can also generate maps of addresses.

• University of Texas World Lecture Hall: This site contains links to courses, from universities around the world, offered with Internet support, or actually offered on the internet. The courses illustrate various techniques for presenting information. You might also examine the web page on Teaching and Learning on the Internet on my home page. It contains annotated illustrations of various techniques and approaches.

• Stepping Stones Internet Learning Page: This site is a tutorial about the Internet. If you want a basic introduction to the internet, this is a good place to start.

• Travelocity: This is a giant travel agent site sponsored by Sabre and American Airlines. I make no endorsement, but suggest that it illustrates many ways that the Internet can be used to provide practical information to people without involving personnel and expense from the organization involved.

• Music Boulevard: This is a giant CD store. You can listen to clips of music. However, you must download RealAudio to actually hear music, and you must have a sound card. (The basic version of RealAudio is free.) This is not the only music store on the internet.

• TimeCast Radio Links: If you have RealAudio installed, you can listen to a variety of broadcasts over the Internet -- like listening to the radio. These are especially useful if you like a program but do not have the opportunity to listen to it when it is broadcast.

• The Actionville Virtual Library: This is a set of links to libraries and reference services which I set up for my son's school. Some of the links are for children, but most are for anyone. You might also check out the site in general at The Actionville Home Page, as it illustrates how the Internet can be used to support education.

• Shareware Sites: The following sites offer free software that you can download (copy to your computer disk) and install on your computer.
  • FilePile
  • Windows95
  • Jumbo
  Some of the software is completely free, and some is "shareware", which means that you can try the software and then decide to pay later if you continue to use it.

• The Association of Inspectors General: This is the home page for State and Local Inspectors General. We maintain this site at John Jay College. There is a good collection of reports and studies by Comptrollers, State Auditors, IGs, and Legislative Staffs. There is also a good career site with job listings in Inspection and Oversight.

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