Method and system for conducting public forums

Abstract

A method for conducting a public forum of a government agency includes, in a public forum processor, receiving a statement from a submitter, the statement related to the public forum of the government agency and processing the submitted statement including assigning the submitted statement to a list of pending statements, evaluating the submitted statement according to civility criteria of the public forum of the government agency, and on the basis of said civility evaluation, assigning the submitted statement to a list of approved statements. The method also includes sending a pending statement in response to a request for the list of pending statements, including the content of the pending statement and information related to said civility evaluation of the pending statement.

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