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Winners of the 2004 Digital Government Achievement Awards (DGAA) have been announced by the Center for Digital Government. The awards program recognizes outstanding agency and department Web sites and applications that enhance interactions, transaction and/or services -- in four categories: government-to-government, government-to-citizen, government-to-business, and government internal. The DGAA is produced in conjunction with the Center's annual Best of the Web (BOW) contest. BOW recognizes the most innovative, user friendly state and local government portals, while the DGAA spotlights some of the nation's most creative, advanced government Web sites' applications. The Center received more than 300 combined entries for the awards programs.

Government-to-government category winners:

1. st place: NC E-Procurment@YourService, North Carolina (secure site)
2. nd place: Graduated Interventions Levels System, Richmond, Va. (secure site)
3. rd place: Juvenile Information Sharing System, Sedgwick County, Kan. (secure site)
4. th place: Rhode Island eGovernment Exchange System Portal
5. th place: Pennsylvania Justice Network

Gwynn Swinson, secretary of the North Carolina Department of Administration, said the state is very excited to be this year's recipient of the Best of the Web Award.

"We are very enthusiastic about our accomplishments with the e-procurement implementation and are honored to accept the Center for Digital Government's award," she said.

Government-to-business category winners:

1. st place: WorkInTexas.com, Texas Workforce Commission
2. nd place: Utah.gov Business Portal
3. rd place: Business Services Online, U.S. Social Security Admin
4. th place: Wireless Building Inspection System, Hollywood, Fla. (secure site)
5. th place: SOSonline.org, Maine Secretary of State

WorkInTexas.com has outperformed all expectations, with 3.7 million job seekers on file and more than 60,000 open positions posted right now, according to the Texas Workforce Commission. Since the service went online in May, more than 38,500 Texans have found jobs. In the first half of September 2004, employers added more than 15,500 jobs to WorkInTexas.com postings.

"Winning first place in the Digital Government Achievement Awards is an honor for all of us here at the Texas Workforce Commission," said Larry Temple, executive director. "We put together a top-notch team of our best people to develop and promote this system, and they are the ones that deserve the credit."

Government-to-business category finalists:

• Trucking.idaho.gov
• Kansas Online UCC Services (Uniform Commercial Code)
• Oklahoma Water Resources Board Well Drillers' Applications
• Pennsylvania Dept. of Revenue e-Services Center

Government-to-citizen category winners:

1. st place: Contract, Vendor and Payment Search Web Site, Chicago, Ill.
2. nd place: GIS Internet Service for Mecklenburg County, N.C.
3. rd place: CHEATERS -- Californians Help Eliminate all the Evasive Scofflaws, California Highway Patrol
4. th place: 311 Online, Hampton, Va.
5. th place (tie): Utah State Courts
6. th place (tie): Connecticut Judicial Branch

Government-to-citizen category finalists:

• Georgia Department of Human Resources, Office of Child Support Enforcement, Constituent Services Portal
• Division of Air Resource Management, Fla.
• TampaGov Customer Service Center, Fla.

Government internal category winners:

1. st place: CSPD Connections, Colorado Springs Police Department
2. nd place: IMPACT (Information Management Protecting Adults and Children in Texas), Texas Dept. of Family and Protective Services (secure site)
3. rd place: eForms Workflow, New York City Housing Authority
4. th place: Building Related Court Actions (BRCA) Database, Chicago, Ill.
5. th place: Employee Portal, San Diego County, Calif. (secure site)

"As a judge of the Best of the Web for all of its nine years and a judge for this inaugural 2004 Digital Government Achievement Awards, I have a true appreciation for these government organizations and the professionals behind the scenes who built these incredibly sophisticated, creative and effective sites," said Cathilea Robinett, executive director of the Center. "It is a pleasure to honor all of them with these awards."

The Center for Digital Government is a national research and advisory institute on information technology policies and best practices in state and local government. The Center is a business division of e.Republic, which publishes Government Technology magazine and Public CIO.

This year's DGAA and BOW programs are sponsored by VeriSign. For more information on the programs or the Center for Digital Government, contact Rhonda Wilson, communications director, at 916/932-1321 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Autor:Rhonda Wilson

Quelle: Center for Digital Government, Oktober 2004