| Abstract [eng] |
The object of this master work is public relations of municipalities of Lithuania. While the state is implementing the conception of e-government and creating e-democracy, the main channel between society and government for institutions is becoming an official website of a particular institution. Not only does it have to systematically deliver information and supply various public services via internet but it also has to create relations online. This work analyzes the concept of e-government of Lithuanian Republic, which uses information technologies for creating interactive communications between government and citizens online. In this work current situation of e-government has been determined and various municipalities-regulating laws and particles as well as other documents which describe the functions of municipalities and are connected with public relations have been found. Herein the functions of public relations of municipalities which are implemented by using websites of these institutions are described. The documents that regulate websites of municipalities have been found and used as a basis for the research of this work. Also it has been assessed how the websites suit the regulations mentioned. In the investigative part of this master work it has been defined that the majority of websites do not suit the raised requirements. The goals in the defined strategies have not been accomplished. The websites of municipalities vary a lot: they are of different technologic and informative level. The research has showed that the municipalities of Lithuania are still paying too little attention for public relations via internet. |
