The Central Java Province comprises 30 districts and six cities. Among them, only 24 districts (80%) and five
cities (83%) have a website that is accessible to the public. The rest of them can be accessed through the
search engines such as Google and Yahoo. Moreover, most districts and municipalities’ websites only show
general information on local profiles, mostly composed of three types of information: (1) regional profile, (2)
public service procedures, and (3) relevant news of local activities. Local news, however, are not collected by
the local governments. Instead, they depend on the national media which rarely provide updated local news.