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  Comparative Neighborhood Information Systems Study Survey  Sungsoo Hwang
 

 

Welcome!                                                                                                                             This survey is a part of my dissertation study of partnerships to build Neighborhood Information Systems (NISs) and to compare the utilization of the NISs across the U.S.

Your participation is important. We need your help to assess the effectiveness of NISs across the U.S. so that public and private funding can be better spent for the enhancement of NISs and for other cities to learn how to build them.

This survey is being distributed to users of 32 Neighborhood Information System (NIS) web sites across the U.S. You are asked to identify which NIS you use, but are not required to provide other identifiable information. The survey will take approximately 15 minutes. As a token of appreciation, $10 gift certificates will be given out for the randomly selected 50 people who choose to leave email addresses.                                                                                                                                                                  This survey is endorsed by Pittsburgh Neighborhood & Community Information System project team.* http://www.pghnis.pitt.edu/  

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There are no foreseeable risks associated with this research study and survey. This is an entirely anonymous questionnaire, and so your responses will not be identifiable in any way. All responses are confidential and results will be kept in a secure computer. Your participation is voluntary and you may withdraw from this project at any time. (University of Pittsburgh, IRB approval # 0601073)

* Endorsements

        Hello I am Mark Hoffman, Associate Professor at Grand Valley State University. I have worked with the Community Research Institute (CRI) since its founding in 2000, and I am now privileged to serve on the dissertation committee of the University of Pittsburgh's Sungsoo Hwang. His research is the first national study of community information systems like CRI's. I believe his research will provide insights into how local organizations use information, and inform improvement in the collection and dissemination of community information everywhere, including Grand Rapids.
         Your feedback is vital to this important research and I encourage you to take a few minutes to participate.
                                       Mark Hoffman, Associate Professor, School of Public and Nonprofit Administration,   

                                                                                                                              Grand Valley State University
 

        Hello, I am Grant Ervin, Western Pennsylvania Policy Director for 10,000 Friends of Pennsylvania and Project Manager for the Pittsburgh Neighborhood and Community Information System (PNCIS) project.
        As a user of the Pittsburgh Neighborhood and Community Information System, I am encouraging you to participate in a survey of comparative Neighborhood Information Systems (NISs) being led by Sungsoo Hwang. Sungsoo is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of Pittsburgh. While working with the PNCIS project team over the past 3 years, Sungsoo has been developing his doctoral dissertation on the growth of Neighborhood Information Systems across the country. Your feedback is important in assessing how we measure against other neighborhood information systems and in teaching us how we can enhance the PNCIS. Thanks in advance for your input.
                                                                                                         Grant Ervin, 10,000 Friends of Pennsylvania
 *Sponsors of the survey

    Pittsburgh Partnership for Neighborhood Development (PPND), a $50 gift certificate for survey raffle 

 

Please contact Sungsoo Hwang for more information. www.pitt.edu/~shwang
Research Assistant, University Center for Social and Urban Research

Ph.D. Candidate of Public Affairs, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs

University of Pittsburgh

 

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