The Citizen Services Platform allows local government to create Web-based electronic government services. It's available to local and regional governments without fee, but they need to run"a Microsoft computing environment" for it to work.
For now it comes with:
E-Councilor template—A Windows Live Agent that allows messenger communication with a virtual government worker to ask questions.
Web TV template— Allows government and citizen video hosting in Web 2.0 style.
Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 templates— A set of 40 templates to customize scenarios that address site and system administration needs.
Local government communications template— Sample portal with intranet and extranet templates.
Role-based My Site template— Designed for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and the My Site functionality.
Agenda Management template— Allows organizations to streamline processes.
Microsoft Dynamics CRM templates for municipal governments— Vertical templates, including reference data models, predefined work flows and role-based user experiences.
The interesting part: "a possible template incorporating Virtual Earth to give people localized, neighborhood-oriented services or access to information based on their geographical position."
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