Your on demand government: Is a press release necessary?

Governing.com's Mark Stencel wonders whether -- with today's technology -- sending a press release is still necessary when preparing for a press conference. His assessment:

That's right: The venerable old news release is just a maybe -- and only after the event has already been blogged, text messaged, streamed and podcast.

Whether huge numbers of citizens or reporters are yet logging on for all of this online information is beside the point. Making legislative events and information available in so many formats is a step toward more accessible, on-demand government.