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Newham and Milton Keynes were two of only seven winners from 469 entrants across Europe to receive the 2008 European e-inclusion award, which were presented at the e-inclusion Ministerial conference in Vienna on 2 December, the concluding event of the Commission’s ‘Be Part of it!’ campaign.

In a field of top private and public sector organisations, Liverpool scooped a major local government award at the annual European Forum for Quality Management, in Berlin.

Along with Singapore and Spain, it will receive an e-Government Special Award for making significant progress in improving its e-service delivery and strengthening citizen engagement through e-participation.

The e-Government Special Awards will recognise the success of each world region by distinguishing the top ranked countries from Africa (Tunisia), the Americas (US), Asia (Republic of Korea), Europe (the UK) and Oceania (Australia).

United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs Sha Zukang and incumbent UN General Assembly President Incumbent Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser co-patronised the ceremony. Over 500 representatives countries vying for the award, ministers and officials in charge of e-Government programmes attended.

In the recently released E-Government Survey published by the UN, the country topped the Asian charts in e-government, shared first place with the Netherlands in “e-participation”, and came out on top in the general global category for e-government.

Speaking on Korea’s adoption of citizen inclusion in providing “customer-oriented” e-Government services, Alexei Tikhomirov, Acting Head of The United Nations Project Office on Governance, said that “the country has excelled in providing horizontal and vertical e-Government linkages among various institutions and nodal points, creating enhanced opportunities for greater participation and social inclusiveness.”

Online service wins on regional and international levels

The American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators bestowed the Idaho Driver Record Dashboard online service (www.accessidaho.org/itd/monitoring) with its Innovative Use of Technology Award at AAMVA’s regional conference in Portland, Oregon.

The service was also named the award’s International Winner and will formally receive that honor at the AAMVA’s 2016 Annual International Conference in August.

On-The-Go is a ready-to-use solution that accepts American Express, Discover, MasterCard, and Visa payments through Access Idaho’s secure payment processor. Access Idaho offers On-The-Go to government agencies without merchant fees or monthly minimums, and provides technical and marketing support at no cost to state or local government entities.

Alabama’s official state website, Alabama.gov, was recently presented with the Silver Communicator Award in the web application and services category. The award-winning website met the high standard of excellence set by the Communicator Awards with its ease of usability, innovative features, and a simplistic sleek design.

This is the fourth consecutive year Alabama.gov has been recognized by the Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts, and the second year in a row of winning the Award of Distinction.

Website design helps users easily navigate Colorado’s complex water system

Leading international interactive media awards competition, the Horizon Interactive Awards (HIA), has selected its 2018 “best of the best” in interactive media production. This year’s honors include the Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Colorado’s Decision Support Systems (CDSS). HIA named the website as a bronze winner for outstanding achievement in government agency websites.

Recognized online services help streamline the business start-up process and protect Maine businesses from fraud

he State of Maine has recently been recognized with two national awards for its online services. Maine’s Online Business portal, Business Answers, has been honored as a top government service with a Silver Communicator Award of Distinction, recognizing achievements in the fields of both creativity and communications. Maine’s Online Corporate Fraud Monitoring service was also recently acknowledged, receiving a StateScoop 50 Award for IT Program of the Year. The award highlights the best examples of influential State and Local IT programs that have delivered cost savings, superior performance results and partnerships between agencies.

NEReg2Vote, the state’s online voter registration system has been nominated for a national award, says Secretary of State John Gale. The web application is vying for “Innovation of the Year,” one of six categories included in the 2016 StateScoop 50 Awards.

NEReg2Vote, launched by the Secretary of State’s office in September 2015, was the first part of the state’s online voter registration system to go online. The second part, managed through the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), started in January.

Alabama’s official state website, www.alabama.gov, was recently honored for its sleek, user-friendly design, receiving the Silver Communicator Award of Distinction by the International Academy of the Visual Arts. This year marks the third consecutive year Alabama.gov has been recognized in the Communicator Awards. The awards honor excellence in marketing and communications.

Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Friday accepted the Center for Digital Government’s 2015 Best of the Web Award, which recognizes the state with the best government website in the nation.

Arkansas’s win this year was its second since the award program began in 1996.

Cathilea Robinett, executive vice president of the Sacramento, Calif.-based Center for Digital Government, presented the award to Hutchinson in a ceremony at the state Capitol. She said the state’s website, Arkansas.gov, had to excel in many different aspects for the state to win.

—Website is Component of Statewide, Interagency Network Solving Prescription Drug Abuse/Misuse Efforts—

An emergency room doctor meets a patient for the first time who claims a need for opioid medications. A pharmacist notices a consumer who seems to frequently refill the same opioid prescription. Whether it’s a licensed healthcare professional in a large city, a suburban area or in a rural community, there’s a short timeframe for them to be able to answer the same question — is this patient’s request for controlled medication legitimate or is it related to addiction?

The answer is at the core of the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies’ (DORA) Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP). The PDMP helps licensed healthcare prescribers and dispensers make more informed decisions before prescribing or dispensing controlled substances to patients. DORA’s PDMP website serves as a critical “front door” for licensed healthcare prescribers and dispensers to access this powerful tool, and was selected as a 2017 Horizon Interactive Award recipient.

“Keeping the public informed is vital to government transparency,” said Governor Markell. “We are striving to improve how we provide information so we make it easier for Delawareans to access it and have the option to participate in the public processes.”

Since IN.gov launched its first iPhone application with the Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) back in March 2011, the iPhone application has been downloaded more than 11,000 times and received several honors as a 2011 Silver Award Winner from W3 and The International Davey Awards in the categories of Sports and Recreation and Travel. The Indiana DNR app is a first-of-its-kind that is provided and endorsed by the DNR and is available for free download at itunes.apple.com/us/app/indiana-dnr/id395591679?mt=8.