- Name of organization / website:
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- National League of Cities, Innovation Awards
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- Reference to source:
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- http://www.nlc.org/innovat.htm
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- Award Program:
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- Innovation Awards
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- Number of units of information:
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- 5
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- Contact for source:
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- Nathan Ridnouer
- National League of Cities
- 1301 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
- Washington, DC 20004-1763
- tel: (202) 626-3000
- fax: (202) 626-3043
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- Description of source:
- Nature of best practices described:
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- The awards recognize cities for their "Connecting Citizens and Their
Government" programs.
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- Example of best practice description:
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- City of Fairfax, VA
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- Search capabilities:
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- Other:
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- Awards are given in five categories:
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- Public Access (to municipal information via information technology)
- Community Connections (how the local government has made information technology
available to the community)
- Economic Development (information technology to strengthen the local economy)
- Infrastructure Development (information technology-based infrastructure to connect the
local governemnt to its citizens)
- Year 2000 compliance (making computer-reliant systems compliant with the century date
change)
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