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The purpose of this paper is to propose and test a model for evaluating the potential of municipal web sites.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Design\/methodology\/approach<\/jats:title><jats:p>In this work an objective investigation of the issue has been conducted by manually accessing and evaluating 84 European municipal web sites. 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