The problem: Understaffed small towns lack the resources and technical expertise to post the documents online.

But Scott Coleman, president of the Rocky Hill, Connecticut-based , offered a charitable solution at a meeting last week of the state's (a meeting, oddly enough, whose minutes, apparently have yet to be posted online). His company "will donate standardized Web 2.0 Web sites to any town, commission or board, agency, institution or school at no cost." He promises to "train, install and service this at no cost."

Rep. Timothy O'Brien of New Britain objected, pointing out that the towns were complaining not of setting up the sites, but of having to frequently update them with new minutes. Coleman replied that "the upload's nothing. If you've put a document into a computer, it's ready to go."

One wonders why some of these towns don't simply start a free blog on a site like or , and put a link to that on their own site.