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The Center for Digital Government is home to numerous surveys and awards that recognize those state and local entities using technology in the best way to serve their citizens.  Our experts collect, review and rank survey data from hundreds of states, cities and counties.  These highly coveted surveys and awards serve as benchmarks to many government agencies.  Sponsoring these surveys maximizes your exposure and provides the following benefits:

• Networking opportunities with winners and other public sector contacts
• Access to our Executive Summary of findings from survey research
• Recognition on our web site with logo and short company profile
• Recognition at the Awards Ceremony and Receptions

Our surveys and awards include:

The Digital Cities Survey is conducted annually in the summer: July - August. All United States cities, towns, villages and consolidated city/county governments with populations of 30,000 or greater are invited to participate in this survey. The awards are presented concurrently with the National League of Cities (NLC) conference held each November.

The Digital Counties Survey is conducted in partnership with the National Association of Counties (NACo) annually in the spring: March - April. All U.S. counties are invited to participate (consolidated county-city jurisdictions are invited to participate in the Digital Cities Survey in the summer). The awards are presented during NACO's annual conference each July.

The Digital States Survey, conducted biannually in even years, is a comprehensive study that examines best practices, policies and progress made by state governments in their use of digital technologies to better serve their citizens and streamline operations and is the nation's only continuous assessment of state governments' use of technology.  The survey is conducted approximately April - June (2010, 2012, etc.) The awards are presented during the National Association of State CIOs (NASCIO) annual conference in September.

The Digital Government and Education Achievement Awards recognize outstanding agency and department Web sites and projects at the application and infrastructure level. ALL United States and international GOVERNMENT AGENCIES - all levels and all countries - may enter their actively functioning, fully operational applications and projects. The contest is held concurrently with the Best of the Web Awards contest which has recognized excellence of official Web portals of United States cities, counties and states for the past 15 years. The winners' workshop and awards presentation gala are held each September.

In addition to recognizing Public Sector achievements, the Center for Digital Government also hosts the Best Fit Integrator Awards which recognize our private sector partners, who work closely with government, tailoring solutions to suit the unique needs of each jurisdiction.  Each year, the Best Fit Integrator Awards ceremony is held in conjunction with the Center's Industry Summit event.