A national research and advisory institute on information technology policies
and best practices in state and local government
The Center for Digital Government hosts a number of surveys and awards. These events are a great honor and extremely important benchmarks for government agencies.
Click HERE to visit our surveys and awards preference page to be notified about future submission deadlines.
The Best Fit Integrator Recognition Awards is the Center's award program for government to recognize its private partners, those private sector companies who work closely with government to tailor solutions to suit the unique needs of government. Nominations are made by the public sector each spring in April - May.
The Digital Government Achievement Awards (DGAA) recognize outstanding agency and department Webs 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) program which has recognized excellence of official Web portals of United States cities, counties and states for the past 12 years. Nominations for both contests can be made April 15 - June 15 annually. The winners' workshop and awards gala are held each September.
The Best of New York Awards program salutes IT professionals and projects in New York state and local government organizations and educational institutions at the annual (Government Technology Conference) "GTC East, The NY Digital Government Summit" event. All government and educational organizations in New York are invited to submit nominations for their actively functioning, fully-operational production systems approximately every May - June (event is usually held in September).
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. The survey is conducted approximately February - April (2010, 2012, etc.).
The Digital Cities Survey is conducted in partnership with the National League of Cities 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 Best of California Awards program salutes IT professionals and projects in California state and local government organizations and educational institutions at the annual Government Technology Conference Best of California event. All government and educational organizations in California are invited to submit nominations for their actively functioning, fully-operational, production systems approximately every September - October (event is usually held in December).
The Best of Texas Awards program salutes IT professionals and projects in Texas state and local government organizations and educational institutions at the annual (Government Technology Conference) "GTC Southwest, The Texas Digital Government Summit" event. All government and educational organizations in Texas are invited to submit nominations for their actively functioning, fully-operational production systems approximately each September - October (event is held annually in January).
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).