Press release: “A national panel of judges has determined the winners of the 2007 Best of Web and Digital Government Achievement Awards. Winners will be acknowledged at the 11th Anniversary Awards Gala in Las Vegas, Nev., on September 21, 2007. “2007 was an amazing year for our Best of Web and Digital Government Achievement Awards,” said Center for Digital Government Executive Director Cathilea Robinett. “The competition was fierce and there were many applications and portals that were top notch. It’s clear that America’s state and local governments are unrelenting in their pursuit of excellence for the citizens they serve.”
2007 Best of the Web Awards
State Portal Category:
1st Place: Utah
2nd Place: Maine
3rd Place: Virginia
City Portal Category – 1st Place: Tampa, Florida
County Portal Category – 1st Place: Fairfax County, Virginia
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Daily Archives: September 15, 2007
Windows Live Translator Beta
Windows Live Translator Beta: “If you click on a Translate this page link in the Live Search results or enter a web address in the web page translation box on translator.live.com, translations will be presented to you in the Bilingual Viewer, providing easy access to the original web page and its translation. In the Bilingual… Continue Reading
Human Rights Watch Issues New Report on Sex Offender Laws in the US
No Easy Answers – Sex Offender Laws in the US, September 2007 Volume 19, No. 4(G). Download PDF file of this report Continue Reading
U.S. Life Expectancy Hits New High of Nearly 78 Years
Press release: “A child born in the United States in 2005 can expect to live nearly 78 years (77.9) a new high according to a report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Deaths: Preliminary Data for 2005. The report from CDCs National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) is… Continue Reading
DHS and DOD Fail Audits
AP: “Ten years after Congress ordered federal agencies to have outside auditors review their books, neither the Defense Department nor the newer Department of Homeland Security has met even basic accounting requirements, leaving them vulnerable to waste, fraud and abuse. An Associated Press review shows that the two departments financial records are so disorganized and… Continue Reading
OECD Round Table on Sustainable Development Draft Report on Biofuels
“The OECD Round Table on Sustainable Development has just released a thorough 57-page study on the costs, efficiency and environmental impact of biofuels.” See Biofuels: is the cure worse than the disease? (57 pages, PDF): “136. There is little doubt that current patterns of fossil fuel-based energy use are unsustainable and that a change in… Continue Reading
Google Privacy Chief Calls for International Data Protection Standards
Heise Online: “The world’s number one search engine Google is calling for international standards for data protection. “Three quarters of the countries in the world have no privacy regimes at all”, Peter Fleischer, Google’s Privacy Chief, explained at a conference organized by UNESCO, the UN’s Education, Science, and Culture Organization, on the topic of “Internet… Continue Reading
