This study was from the Brookings Institution and Darrell M. West, vice president and director of Governance Studies. His research focused on e-government in the United States and around the world. He has been doing it since 2000. This comes on the heels of a similar top ranking awarded last year by researchers, which included Mr. West, at Brown University.
In 2006, Delaware ranked 15th and has held the top position among the surveys the past two years.
For those who don't own a computer, of course, this ranking means nothing. But for those of us whose living includes systematically checking public records and categories like campaign financing, the ease which Delaware's e-government portal (www.delaware.gov) is accessible is indeed a convenience and should be praised.
Gov. Minner's acknowledgement several years ago of the value of a solid and easily presentable Web site for the public deserves applause.
She pushed the idea by putting state Treasurer Jack Markell in charge and armed the state's top information technology experts with the necessary resources to make Delaware's Web presence a success. Included among those experts were Thomas Jarrett, chief information officer for the Department of Technology and Information, and Greg Hughes, director of the Government Information Center.
Delaware officials are rightfully proud to have this honor bestowed again.
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Quelle/Source: delawareonline, 08.09.2008
