2001 Best of the Web Winners
on September 9, 2001
BEST OF THE WEB CONTEST
A New Generation of Government
The Center for Digital Government and Government Technology magazine are proud to announce the winners of our 2001 Best of the Web competition!
Close to 400 state and local government Web sites were judged on the following:
Innovation and use of Web-based online technology to deliver government services.
Innovation in the areas of government to citizen, government to business and/or government to government services.
Efficiency or time saved.
Amount of time saved internally - agency operations.
Time saved for the citizen; ability to handle a complete transaction for service or business online and amount of information available.
Economy or money saved.
How did you do this?
Innovative funding?
Public/Private partnership?
How much did you save?
other?
Functionality (ease of use) and improved citizen access.
Customer satisfaction; easy to navigate, clean in appearance.
Ability for the citizen to participate in online government.
Interact with government and affect policy.
How intuitive? "life event" format.
Accessibility: is accessibility an integral part of the site?
And the winners are...
State Government:
1st place: California
2nd place: Pennsylvania
3rd place: Maine
4th place: Virginia
5th place: Washington
Additional finalists:
Delaware
Michigan
Nebraska
Tennessee
Utah
Local Government:
1st place: New York City
2nd place: Montgomery County, Md.
3rd place: Conyers, Ga.
4th place: Miami-Dade County, Fla.
5th place: Chicago
Additional finalists:
Boston, MA
Downers Grove, IL
Durham, NC
Houston, TX
Indianapolis, IN
Louisville, KY
Mobile, AL
Richardson, TX
San Francisco, CA
Tampa, FL
Virginia Beach, VA
For more information on the 2001 Best of the Web contest, contact Janet Grenslitt at 916/932-1300.
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