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NAPA and NACO Announce Seal of Good Governance Awardees

Good work gets rewarded.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The National Academy of Public Administration and the National Association of Counties announced the winners of the First Annual Seal of Good eGovernance Award Program in early April.

The awards recognize best practices and innovation in county-level electronic-government initiatives.

Hamilton County, Ohio was awarded the eGovernance Award of Excellence, the highest award granted and designated by a Gold Seal. Hamilton County launched its Web portal in 1998.

The county serves a population of 845,268 and competed for the top award with similar-sized counties of 500,000 to 1 million residents. The county's Web portal links information on more than 50 county-related sites and more than 80 sites of public interest to its residents and the Internet community.

The site currently links the public to eight public-service categories available through the Internet.

Twenty-nine counties applied for the award, and the counties were grouped into seven groups designated by NACo based on population size and judged against similarly sized counties.

The applicants were scored based on seven criteria addressing customer-centric interactions; seamless service delivery; leveraged partnerships; participation of multiple government sectors; innovative use of technology for service delivery; ease of replication; and privacy and security.

Thirteen counties received the eGovernance Award of Distinction, designated by a Silver Seal: Nevada County, California; Johnston County, Geographic Information Systems, North Carolina; Dakota County, Minnesota; Howard County, Maryland; Larimer County, Colorado; Sedgwick County, Kansas; Seminole County, Florida; Fairfax County, Virginia; Montgomery County, Maryland; King County Rideshare Operations, Washington; King County Department of Transportation, Washington; MyFloridaCounty.com, Florida; and Oakland County, Michigan.

Seven counties were awarded the eGovernance Award of Merit, designated by a Bronze Seal: Beaufort County, South Carolina; Stearns County, Minnesota; Kent County, Michigan; Washoe County, Nevada; Broward County, Florida; Dallas County, Texas; and Maricopa County, Arizona. - The National Academy of Public Administration