The FBI is warning local and state officials that terrorists may be using government Web sites to scope potential targets.
But area officials said Friday there's little sensitive information on local sites.
"There's not a lot on there, I think," City Manager Mike Wildgen said. "It's mostly about projects, policies and ordinances. I'd be surprised if there's something that would lead to a breach of security."
The FBI warning, issued to government workers Wednesday, said the agency had received uncorroborated information that terrorists may be using the Web sites to get information about energy systems, water reservoirs, dams, nuclear sites and natural gas facilities.
FBI officials, however, had little to say about what governments should do to counter the threat. A spokesman in Kansas City referred that question to senior officials in Washington D.C., who demurred.
"We don't make the recommendations as to what they should do," said Paul Bresson, an FBI spokesman in Washington. "The purpose of sending these alerts out ... is to make them aware of the threat, or potential of a threat. It's a very standard message."
Like Wildgen, Douglas County Administrator Craig Weinaug said there isn't much on the county Web site to be concerned about.
"Anything we have on the Web site would be public information," Weinaug said. "I can't think of anything there that would enable a terrorist to do anything you couldn't do otherwise."
Don Brown, spokesman for Kansas Gov. Bill Graves, said state sites were reviewed soon after the Sept. 11 attacks on America. Much of the sensitive material found on state sites, he said, was taken from federal Web sites especially those maintained by the Environmental Protection Agency.
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