Surveys and Awards

Digital Government Achievement Awards

The Digital Government Achievement Awards (DGAA) 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 (BOW) contest which has recognized excellence of official Web portals of United States cities, counties and states for the past 15 years. Nominations for both contests can be made April 1 - June 1 annually. The winners' workshop and awards presentation gala are held each September.

  Best of the Web and Digital Government Achievement Awards - 2005 Results

The Center for Digital Government is pleased to announce the winners of its 2005 Best of the Web contest and Digital Government Achievement Awards. Congratulations to all of our winners and finalists.

Congratulations to the Best of the Web Awards 2005 Winners:

State Portal Category
1st Place: Delaware
2nd Place: Tennessee
3rd Place: Indiana
4th Place: Washington
5th Place: Virginia

State Portal Category Finalists:
Alabama
Arizona
Michigan
Nebraska
Texas

City Portal Category
1st Place: (tie) Washington, D.C.
1st Place: (tie) City of New Orleans, La.
2nd Place: City of Virginia Beach, Va.
3rd Place: City of Tampa, Fla.
4th Place: City of Seattle, Wash.
5th Place: New York City, N.Y.

City Portal Category Finalists:
City of Colorado Springs, Colo.
City of Baton Rouge, La.
City of Mesa, Ariz.
City of Phoenix, Ariz.
City of Des Moines, Iowa
City of Portland, Ore.
City of Denton, Texas
City of Corpus Christi, Texas


County Portal Category
1st Place: Hennepin County, Minn.
2nd Place: Fairfax County, Va.
3rd Place: Orange County, Fla.
4th Place: King County, Wash.
5th Place: Fulton County, Ga.

County Portal Category Finalists:
Alameda County, Calif.
Sacramento County, Calif.
San Diego County, Calif.
Seminole County, Fla.
Columbia County, Ga.
Westchester County, N.Y.

 

Digital Government Achievement Awards and BOW 2005 Sponsors

Akamai CDW-G

Gateway Hummingbird

Smart Technologies Symantec