Considering the great title of relatively niche aspect of Government communication that finishing my interest in the topic. But this is something that should perhaps give much greater emphasis as society increasingly interacts with State online.
I got the link in the draft budget of the regional government on twitter through my url shortening service launched by the Department in question. Nothing radical about it except that they have chosen to use the '. chathom me ' at the top level TLDs, which is used by many url shorteners undoubtedly (including Member) but also one that is run by a foreign Government-Montenegro in this case.
I am not going to offer Montenegro, sunny country in a similar size to NI and which I had good fortune to visit, about to activate an imposter. But there are potential problems with foreign TLDs, enough to warrant a second opinion on Government they must rely on the service.
And this is the point about flow information for Government online. Links are the lifeblood of the Internet, anything to wanted persons share them is encouraging. URL Shorteners are used mainly for temporary communications But surely it is important for the Government services they guarantee that the links are not outdated, whether due to natural shortener write or problems overseas beyond their control?
In the real world, communications, Government, and people cost money lost. This is true on the Internet.