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    Welcome to the selection site for the Center for Digital Government's Surveys and Award Programs. Please select "yes" below each program to be notified regarding the contest or survey in which you wish to participate and are eligible based on the description, and fill in the contact information. We will forward the link to you when the survey or contest is available online. 



   
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  in September. (For the website only competition, please see the Best of the Web Awards Program.)




   
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 survey examines the overall technology programs and plans of the county. The awards are presented during NACO's annual conference each July. (For the website only competition, please see the Best of the Web Awards Program.)
 




   

The Digital Cities Survey is conducted 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, which examines  the overall technology programs and plans of the city. The awards are presented concurrently with the NLC conference held each November. (For the website only competition, please see the Best of the Web Awards Program.)




   
The Best Fit Integrator Recognition Awards is the Center’s award program for government to recognize its private sector 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 - May. An awards banquet is held in conjunction with the Center's Industry Summit each summer.

 



   

The Best of the Web (BOW) Awards Program has recognized excellence of official Web portals of United States cities, counties and states for the past 15 years. Nominations can be made approximately March 1 – May 1 annually, concurrently with the Digital Government Achievement Awards. Websites must be in production and fully operational by the submission deadline. The winners' workshop and awards presentation gala is held each September in Hollywood, CA.
 
    The Digital Government Achievement Awards (DGAA) recognize outstanding agency and department websites and projects at the application, Intranet, and infrastructure level. The DGAA is open to ALL U.S. and international government agencies at all levels of government (some language restrictions apply).  All projects /applications and websites must be in production and fully operational by the submission deadline. Nominations can be made approximately each March 1 - May 1. The winners' workshop and awards presentation gala is held each September in Hollywood, CA.



   

The Best of California Awards program which salutes IT professionals and projects in California state and local government organizations and educational institutions has moved to the annual GTC (Government Technology Conference) West event held each May. All government and educational organizations in California are invited to submit nominations for their in-production, fully-operational systems in February - March.



   
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 education organizations in Texas are invited to submit nominations each March. The awards are presented at the event held annually in June.




   

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.

Please fill in the following contact information (required for submission of this form):
Following your registration for ACTIVE surveys or contests for which you are eligible, you should receive e-mail messages such as the Call for Entries with the submission deadline and a link to the online entry form, and email messages regarding any due date extensions. 

To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders) please add jgrenslitt@centerdigitalgov.com and jgrenslitt@erepublic.com to your address book and/or filter clearances. 

For further information please contact Janet Grenslitt, Surveys and Awards Director, at jgrenslitt@centerdigitalgov.com. Thank you.
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