There are no rules governing how the colleges may spend that aid, and, the report said, for-profits spend heavily on advertising, telephone solicitation and Web marketing.
At a time when the number of political advocacy groups competing for influence and attention is rising -- in what is inherently a finite sphere -- email solicitations and web ads have given way to a more subversive, overtly confrontational touch.
On the now-closed Web site and e-mail solicitations, the "international driving permit" was falsely described by the company as valid in the United States for 10 years.
And on the Web, there is a lot of solicitation of information.
While the charity is named and led by Mrs. Jindal, the governor has not entirely distanced himself: a photo of him alongside his wife is on a corporate solicitation page on the foundation Web site, and his chief fund-raiser is listed as the charity's treasurer on its most recent tax return.
The Web services are provided by Message-oriented Middleware, e.g., solicitation for receiving a document, retrieving the received documents, querying content of meta-data of received documents, filing documents into office record system, etc. Documents are sent by citizens as private individuals.
Some businesses send out direct mail solicitations, some make their offers on the Web, and some advertise in weekly newspapers or free publications.
Ms. Kasirer said the Thompson campaign's Web site would probably be followed by a more aggressive Internet solicitation program, a further indication of the increasing importance of the Internet in New York City politics.
It sent a stream of e-mail solicitations, and supporters could track progress on the Web.
You've gotten e-mail solicitations about events and seen announcements on the Web or in print journals.
