The Center for Digital Government has announced the winners of the 2014 Best of the Web (BOW) and Digital Government Achievement Awards (DGAA). The awards "recognize outstanding agency and department Web sites and projects at the application and infrastructure level. ALL United States and international GOVERNMENT AGENCIES - all levels and all countries - may enter their actively functioning, fully operational applications and projects."

2014 BEST OF THE WEB AWARDS

State Portal Category:

• 1st Place: State of Hawaii    
• 2nd Place: State of Utah              
• 3rd Place: State of Arkansas
• 4th Place: State of Texas
• 5th Place: State of Maryland

County Portal Category:

• 1st Place: Oakland County, Mich.       
• 2nd Place: Sacramento County, Calif.         
• 3rd Place: King County, Wash.     
• 4th Place: Wake County, N.C.  
• 5th Place: Grand County, Colo.

City Portal Category:

• 1st Place: District of Columbia        
• 2nd Place: City of Los Angeles, Calif.
• 3rd Place: City of Boulder, Colo.
• 4th Place: City of Santa Barbara, Calif.
• 5th Place: City of Riverside, Calif.

Full descriptions of the features and functions that made these sites award winners can be found here.