Surveys and Awards

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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.

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Best of California

The Best of California Awards program salutes IT professionals and projects in California state and local government organizations and educational institutions. In 2011, the awards presentation will be held at the annual "GTC (Government Technology Conference) West: the Conference on California's Future" in May. All government and educational organizations in California are invited to submit nominations in February/March, 2011.
Digital Counties Survey

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.
Best Fit Integrator Recognition Awards

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 March - April.
Digital States Survey

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 April - June (2010, 2012, etc.). The awards are presented during the National Association of State CIOs (NASCIO) annual conference each September.
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 New York

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 New York Digital Government Summit" event. All government and educational organizations in New York are invited to submit nominations in May - June. The awards are presented at the event held each September.
Digital Cities Survey

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 awards are presented concurrently with the NLC conference held each November.
Best of Texas

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 each November - December. The awards are presented at the event held annually in February.

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