Winners of the 2004 Digital Government Achievement Awards (DGAA) have been announced by the Center for Digital Government. The awards program recognizes outstanding agency and department Web sites and applications that enhance interactions, transaction and/or services -- in four categories: government-to-government, government-to-citizen, government-to-business, and government internal.

The DGAA is produced in conjunction with the Center's annual Best of the Web (BOW) contest. BOW recognizes the most innovative, user friendly state and local government portals, while the DGAA spotlights some of the nation's most creative, advanced government Web sites' applications. The Center received more than 300 combined entries for the awards programs.

Government-to-government category winners:
1st place: NC E-Procurment@YourService, North Carolina (secure site)
2nd place: Graduated Interventions Levels System, Richmond, Va. (secure site)
3rd place: Juvenile Information Sharing System, Sedgwick County, Kan. (secure site)
4th place: Rhode Island eGovernment Exchange System Portal
5th place: Pennsylvania Justice Network

Gwynn Swinson, secretary of the North Carolina Department of Administration, said the state is very excited to be this year's recipient of the Best of the Web Award.

"We are very enthusiastic about our accomplishments with the e-procurement implementation and are honored to accept the Center for Digital Government's award," she said.

Government-to-business category winners:
1st place: WorkInTexas.com, Texas Workforce Commission
2nd place: Utah.gov Business Portal
3rd place: Business Services Online, U.S. Social Security Admin
4th place: Wireless Building Inspection System, Hollywood, Fla. (secure site)
5th place: SOSonline.org, Maine Secretary of State

WorkInTexas.com has outperformed all expectations, with 3.7 million job seekers on file and more than 60,000 open positions posted right now, according to the Texas Workforce Commission. Since the service went online in May, more than 38,500 Texans have found jobs. In the first half of September 2004, employers added more than 15,500 jobs to WorkInTexas.com postings.

"Winning first place in the Digital Government Achievement Awards is an honor for all of us here at the Texas Workforce Commission," said Larry Temple, executive director. "We put together a top-notch team of our best people to develop and promote this system, and they are the ones that deserve the credit."

Government-to-business category finalists:

Trucking.idaho.gov

Kansas Online UCC Services (Uniform Commercial Code)

Oklahoma Water Resources Board Well Drillers' Applications

Pennsylvania Dept. of Revenue e-Services Center

Government-to-citizen category winners:
1st place: Contract, Vendor and Payment Search Web Site, Chicago, Ill.
2nd place: GIS Internet Service for Mecklenburg County, N.C.
3rd place: CHEATERS -- Californians Help Eliminate all the Evasive Scofflaws, California Highway Patrol
4th place: 311 Online, Hampton, Va.
5th place (tie): Utah State Courts
5th place (tie): Connecticut Judicial Branch

Government-to-citizen category finalists:

Georgia Department of Human Resources, Office of Child Support Enforcement, Constituent