Now in its 20th anniversary year, the annual Best of the Web (BOW) awards recognize city, county and state governments for their work to engage citizens online while also providing them with cutting-edge Web services.
The Digital Government Achievement Awards (DGAA) highlight outstanding agency and department websites and applications. Awards were presented in seven categories this year.
“Government websites have changed a lot over the past 20 years and so have citizen expectations,” said Todd Sander, executive director of the Center for Digital Government. “This year’s winners are well positioned to take up the challenge of a new era and lead the impending transformation toward more integrated, anticipatory and personalized electronic services.”
2016 BEST OF THE WEB AWARD WINNERS
State Portal Category:
1st Place: State of Maryland2nd Place: State of Utah
3rd Place: State of Mississippi
4th Place: State of Texas
5th Place: State of Indiana
5th Place: State of Nebraska
Finalists:
State of CaliforniaState of Iowa
State of Michigan
State of Rhode Island
County Portal Category:
1st Place: Baltimore County, Md.2nd Place: Stanislaus County, Calif.
3rd Place: Anne Arundel County, Md.
4th Place: Oakland County, MIch.
5th Place: City and County of San Francisco, Calif.
Finalists:
Bexar County, TexasCounty of San Diego, Calif.
Hamilton County, Ind.
James City County, Va.
Travis County, Texas
City Portal Category:
1st Place: City and County of Denver, Colo.2nd Place: City of San Diego, Calif.
3rd Place: City of Hayward, Calif.
4th Place: City of Tampa, Fla.
5th Place: City of Louisville, Ky.
Finalists:
City of Anaheim, Calif.City of Durham, N.C.
City of Fort Collins, Colo.
City of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
City of Long Beach, Calif.
For the story on the winners, click here.
2016 DIGITAL GOVERNMENT ACHIEVEMENT AWARD WINNERS
The Digital Government Achievement Awards (DGAA), which are presented along with the Best of the Web Awards, highlight outstanding agency and department websites and apps. More than 30 DGAA awards were presented in seven categories this year and included Tamarac, Fla.’s Gift Card Program, which raises awareness and funds for city services, as well as the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Aero App, which provides safety-of-flight data and tools to U.S. military pilots, crews and mission planners.Government-to-business category
Winners:
California Department of Insurance’s Portal Solution
Delaware Child Care Provider Self-Service Mobile Application
Maryland Business Express (MBE) Application
Mississippi Business Online Filing System
New Hampshire Long Term Services and Supports (LTSS) E-Assessment Processing
Government-to-citizen Local government category
Winners:
Alameda County, Calif. Permit Portal
Boulder County, Colo. - Client Engagement Portal
City of Long Beach, Calif. - Alert Long Beach
OpenSF - San Francisco Open Source-based Mobile Platform
City of Tamarac, Fla. - Gift Card Program
Government-to-citizen State and Federal government category
Winners:
California Franchise Tax Board (FTB) MyFTB Application
FloridaHealthFinder.gov- Connecting Florida with Health Care Information
Illinois Student Assistance Commission - ISAC Student Portal
New York State Senate Public Website - NYSenate.gov
United States Department of Commerce - Commerce Data Usability Project
Government-to-government category
Winners:
Alameda County, Calif. - Regional Renewable Energy Procurement Project (R-REP)
Indiana – Information Sharing and Analysis Center (IN-ISAC)
Los Angeles Countywide Integrated Pest Management Program Website
New York State Vehicle Marketplace
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency - Aero App: Electronic Flight Bag for Military Pilots
Government internal category
Winners:
California - Personal Duress Alarm System Implementation at California State Hospitals
Sacramento County, Calif. - Service Management and Reporting Tool (SMART)
U.S. Department of the Navy (DON) TRACKER (Tasking, Records, & Consolidated Knowledge Enterprise Repository)
Driving Digital Government Local government category
Winners:
Austin, Texas - Fire Department Recruiting
Charlottesville, Va. - Public Safety Smoke Alarm Project
New York City Department of Education - NYC Schools Account Application
Sacramento County, Calif. - Civic Technology Outreach - Hack4Sac
County of San Diego, Calif. - County Constituent Relationship Management (CCRM)
Driving Digital Government State government category
Winners:
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation - Employee Health and Safety Program
Hawaii Vital Records Ordering and Tracking System
New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions - Improper Payment Prevention Initiative
Utah Watershed Restoration Initiative
The Center thanks Accela, ATT, Deloitte, Dell EMC, NIC, Nutanix, SHI, Symantec, Verint, Veritas, and Verizon, underwriters of the 2016 contest and awards program.
About the Center for Digital Government | www.centerdigitalgov.com
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 division of e.Republic, the nation’s only media and research company focused exclusively on state and local government and education. www.erepublic.com
For questions, please contact Janet Grenslitt, Director of Surveys and Awards, at jgrenslitt@centerdigitalgov.com.
