Which states, cities and counties have the best web sites?

August 24th, 2012

Best of the Web A look at the top government websites and digital achievement awards from the Center for Digital Government might surprise you.

The Digital Government Achievement Awards (DGAA) highlight outstanding agency and department websites and applications. Fifty-six awards in eight categories were given this year.

While it’s no surprise to see California among the top states and a tech hub city such as Raleigh, NC on the awards list, the Best of the Web winners were Alabama (state), Louisville (city) and Orange County, FL (county).

“Digital technology has fundamentally changed the way people interact with their government and we are seeing it demonstrated through everything from full service portals to special purpose mobile apps,” said Todd Sander, executive director of the Center for Digital Government. ”

Here’s the full list of winners:

2012 BEST OF THE WEB AWARDS

State Portal Category:

1st Place: Alabama
2nd Place: California
3rd Place: Utah
4th Place: Rhode Island
5th Place: Mississippi
Finalists:
Maine
Michigan
Nebraska
Texas
Virginia

County Portal Category:

1st Place: Orange County, Fla.
2nd Place: Pinellas County, Fla.
3rd Place: Alameda County, Calif.
4th Place: Miami-Dade County, Fla.
5th Place: Chesterfield County, Va.
Finalists:
Baltimore County, Md.
County of Maui, Hawaii
County of Sacramento, Calif.
Glynn County, Ga.
Martin County, Fla.
Monroe County, N.Y.
Roanoke County, Va.

City Portal Category:

1st Place: City of Louisville, Ky.
2nd Place: City of Arvada, Colo.
3rd Place: City of Raleigh, N.C.
4th Place: City of Riverside, Calif.
5th Place: City of Austin, Texas
Finalists:
City of Chandler, Ariz.
City of Danville, Va.
City of Independence, Mo.
City of Lakewood, Colo.
City of Tampa, Fla.

2012 DIGITAL GOVERNMENT ACHIEVEMENT AWARD WINNERS’

Driving Digital Government Local government category
Boston About Results (BAR)
Change by Us Philly, Mayor’s Office, City of Philadelphia
City of Riverside, Calif. On-boarding Form
G2G Cloud Solutions, Oakland County, Mich.
Property Tax Calculator, City of Overland Park, Kan.
Wake Accountability Tax Check (WATCH), Wake County, N.C.
Honorable Mention:
Sacramento County Mobile Food Inspection Application

Driving Digital Government State government category
Winners:
Indiana State Police Mobile Bus Inspection Application
Ninth Judicial Court, Fla. Centralized Remote Interpreting
W. Va. Homeland Security & Emergency Management Suspicious Activity Reporting Mobile App
Utah Master Index
Honorable Mention:
CalVet Mobile App Project

Driving Digital Government Federal government category
Winners:
FY 2013 Budget Mobile Web Application, U.S. Government Printing Office
Interactive Data Tables (iTable) for Transparency of Underlying Economic Data, U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis

Government-to-business category
Winners:
California MyFTB Account for Businesses
Maine.gov Regulatory Licensing and Permitting
New Jersey e-Temp Tags
New Jersey Uniform Commercial Code
South Carolina Secretary of State Uniform Commercial Code Online
Texas.gov Nurse License Renewal
Utah One-Stop Business Registration v. 4
Honorable Mentions:
AgriMissouri.com
Washington State Employment and Economic Information

Government-to-citizen Local government category
Winners:
Automatic Citation Processing to Bank Deposit, Bell County, Texas
Online Property Tax Services, Stearns County, Minn.
Precinct Atlas, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
Property Gateway, Oakland County, Mich.
Salt Lake City Solar Mapping
San Diego County Emergency Portal Website
San Francisco Property Information Map
The New OCVote.com, Orange County, Calif.

Government-to-citizen State government category
Winners:
Autism Help App for Emergencies, Minnesota Governor’s Council on Developmental Disabilities
Colorado Gambling Intercept Payments
Colorado Program Eligibility and Application Kit (PEAK)
Idaho OTG (On-The-Go) Mobile Payments
Tennessee Driver Service Center Self-Service iPad Kiosks
Texas Adoption Resource Exchange (TARE) Redesign Project
Texas.gov Driver License Eligibility and Reinstatement
Utah Warrants Check
Honorable Mentions:
Hawaii Mobile App for Annual Professional and Vocational License Renewal
Texas.gov Driver License Renewal and Change of Address

Government-to-government category
Winners:
California Routing on Empirical Data (RED) Project
Court Notify eSubpoena Project, Riverside County, Calif. Sheriff Department
Criminal Discovery: Law Enforcement Upload, North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts
Data Systems to Support an Integrated Human Services Model Across Allegheny County, Penn.
Justice Electronic Library System (JELS), San Diego County, Calif.
The California Reportable Disease Information Exchange (CalREDIE)
Honorable Mention:
Texas Crash Reporting and Analysis for Safer Highways (CRASH)

Government internal category
Winners:
U.S. Army Knowledge Online Identity Management (IdM) System
California Secure File Transfer Service
California Data Center Retrofitting and Modernization Project (RaMP)
City of Austin’s Flood Early Warning System
Communications Technology Management Green IT Program, City of Austin
Data Mining Solution for Welfare Fraud Detection, County of Los Angeles, Calif.
Utah GovPay (new release)
Honorable Mention:
Cloud Applications for Local Sustainability Programs, City of Thousand Oaks, Calif.

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