Kentucky’s state website kentucky.gov won a best of the web award from the Center for Digital Government (CDG). The award ranks Kentucky as one of the top five state web portals in the country for innovation, functionality and efficiency. In addition to the state web portal Louisville, Kentucky also placed second for best municipal website.
In this edition of CivSource’s The Gallery, Tim O’Reilly, founder and CEO of O’Reilly Media, Inc., discusses his vision of government that enables innovation through “platform thinking” and a government that is more responsive to its citizens in an age of electronic participation.
Maryland’s General Assembly and Board of Public Works are moving forward with several measures designed to increase transparency. The new measures include broadcasting all Board of Public Works meetings live online along with initiatives from the General Assembly to provide greater accountability and transparency about state government.
New Hampshire Governor John Lynch has announced that he’ll be putting the state’s monthly spending reports online as part of the administration’s continuing efforts to provide greater transparency. The reports will be published on a new website that will also include other state financial information such as budgetary items and revenue reports.
