IfG.CC -
Institute for eGovernment

Rising from 11th place in 2000, ninth in 2001 and second place in 2002, Michigan tops the list of the ten most digital states in the US on the Center for Digital Government's "2004 Digital States Survey." As Chief Strategy Officer of the Center for Digital Government, Paul W. Taylor, Ph.D, notes, "Michigan has changed the citizen and business experience through a broad suite of real-time transactional services, powered by an increasingly shared and robust infrastructure, designed around a coherent statewide architecture, and supported by a collaborative planning process."

Rated on 60 criteria which fell into four general categories — service delivery, architecture and infrastructure, collaboration and leadership — the top ten digital states are:

1. Michigan
2. Washington
3. Viginia
4. Indiana
5. Arizona
6. South Dakota
7. Tennessee
8. Utah
9. Arkansas
10. Colorado and North Carolina

The Digital States Survey was sponsored by Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard.

Meanwhile, INPUT reports that spending by local and state governments in the US on e-government products and services will more than double in 2008 over spending levels in 2004. Specifically between 2006 and 2007, INPUT expects e-government spending will grow by a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8%.

Quelle: eMarketer, 26.07.2004