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Showcase of Government and Political Websites
Government websites are generally considered to be boring and unattractive in terms of design. While this may be true of the majority of government websites, there are some notable exceptions. In this post we will feature some of the best websites from government agencies and from politicians involved in government. This represents a small sample showing the most appealing sites, although there are hundreds and thousands of different government sites in existence from many countries (a report from 2008 revealed that there may be as many as 2,500 government sites from the UK alone).
Regardless of whether a site uses an attractive design or not, government and political sites typically will contain large amounts of information, and that content must be the priority if the site is to effectively serve its purpose. Some government sites serve as portals that direct visitors in different directions in order to help the find the sites of specific agencies or entities that will include the information that they need. Other sites serve a specific purpose, such as providing information about a museum, a park, or an exhibit. Of course, politicians and political parties also have their own websites to spread their messages, communicate with their party members, and to help find new supporters.
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Showcase of Government and Political Websites:
Here is a look at a number of well-designed sites. They come from various different countries, political parties, and purposes.
Museum of Australian Democracy
Best Place on Earth – British Columbia
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Pennsylvania Federation of College Republicans
Steven Snell has been designing websites for several years. He actively maintains a few blogs of his own, including DesignM.ag, which regularly provides articles and resources for web designers.
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January 4th, 2010 6:26 amgreat…great collection.
You made the politics beautiful.
Australian Trade Commission
Museum of Australian Democracy
Barack Obama
National Park Service
Republican Party of Florida..
Infact all are amazing - 3January 29th, 2010 8:30 am
Great showcase! Great resource! Would like to add a site my agency completed for Louisiana Economic Development:
http://www.louisianaeconomicdevelopment.com/
Thanks!
- 4January 29th, 2010 12:36 pm
washingtonamerica.com is too conservative even as a humor site. scott erlandson is the publisher… erlandson is an asshole but, he would make a good politician and we wish he would run for president…
- 5March 13th, 2010 11:05 am
You need to see the new Brazil’s gov site: http://www.brasil.gov.br/ it’s most better than that you show here
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Excellent collection, the designers behind Obama and the White House’s websites are brilliant.