The Center for Digital Government announced the winners of the 2005 Best of the Web contest and 2005 Digital Government Achievement Awards (DGAA).

The DGAA program recognizes outstanding agency and department web sites and applications that enhance information interactions, transactions and/or services. The categories include government-to-government, government-to-business, government-to-citizen, and government internal.

The DGAA is produced in conjunction with the Center's annual Best of the Web (BOW) awards program. BOW recognizes the most innovative, user-friendly state and local government portals, while the DGAA showcases some of the nation's most creative, advanced government Web sites and applications.



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.




Government-to-government category winners:

National Institute of Health Library website

Juvenile Justice Information System, Montgomery County, Md. (secure site)