Sticks of Fire: a Tampa blog

The City of Tampa has once again earned the title of Best of the Web in the City Portal category.

The Center for Digital Government evaluates state, city and local government web sites, and ranks them based on innovation, efficiency, economy, and functionality for improved citizen access.

The City of Tampa has consistently done well in the Best of the Web competition, having previously won in 2002, and capturing third place in 2005 and second place in 2006. From the City’s press release this year:

Earlier this year, the City of Tampa’s Technology and Innovation Department spearheaded a complete redesign of the city’s web site to make it more customer-friendly. TampaGov.net, host to more than 6,000 pages of information and useful applications, was redesigned with the goal of providing a more consistent, accessible and successful user experience. Among the improvements was an innovative “Tampa Neighborhoods” service that provides extensive up-to-date information on association contacts, meeting schedules, maps, reports, crime statistics, flood zones, areas of interest and more. These enhancements, combined with TampaGov’s already extensive e-government offerings such as online bill pay, allow the public to access their city government 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

You can find all the finalists and winners in the State, County, and City categories for 2007 after the jump.

Center for Digital Government Best of the Web 2007:

2007 BEST OF THE WEB AWARDS:

State Portal Category:
Places:
1st Place Utah
2nd Place: Maine
3rd Place: Virginia

4th Place: Delaware
5th Place: Kentucky

Finalists:
Alabama
Arkansas

Nebraska
Tennessee
Texas

City Portal Category:
Places:
1st Place: Tampa, Florida
2nd Place: Fort Collins, Colorado
3rd Place: Las Vegas, Nevada
4th Place: Louisville, Kentucky
5th Place: Riverside, California

Finalists:
Dallas, Texas
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Mesa, Arizona
St. Petersburg, Florida

Virginia Beach, Virginia

County Portal Category:

Places:
1st Place: Fairfax County, Virginia
2nd Place: Oakland County, Michigan

3rd Place: Columbia County, Georgia
4th Place: Fulton County, Georgia
5th Place: Monroe County, New York

Finalists:
Collin County, Texas

Martin County, Florida
Nevada County, California
San Luis Obispo County, California