Serves as an impartial, objective, noncommercial, community resource to increase citizens awareness and understanding of municipal government and to encourage citizen participation in the process of democracy at the local level by televising the conduct of public business by government bodies:

• Board of Mayor and Aldermen, Planning and Zoning Meetings.
• Informational programs by either city officials or employees relating to their respective departments.
• Programming by government agencies that are determined to be of interest to local citizens.

Government Access does not include programs which are sponsored by individuals or non-governmental entities; or programs which provide political commentary or opinions rendered other than during the conduct of official business by a governmental body.

Examples of Government Access are:

• Municipal primary and election coverage, city sponsored events which include
  cultural and economic development programs.
• Programs produced in conjunction with the Health, Airport, Highway, Fire, Police and other city agencies.
• Programs produced by the US Military, US Center for Disease Control and Environmental Protection Agency.

This is a department of the Manchester School District. Government Access shares facilities and works with the MCTV Educational Access