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Kentucky Moves Up in National Ranking on Digital Government
August
3, 2004
In just two years, Kentucky has moved up from number 24 to 12
in a national ranking on how states use information technology
to improve state government services.
The
Center for Digital Government and Government Technology magazine
recently released their 2004 list of the top 25 digital states.
The ranking is the most respected and only sustaining survey of
state governments' use of information technology as a tool for
serving its citizens and state governments' needs. This year represents
Kentucky’s highest ranking in the survey.
"Today,
information technology reaches every aspect of how the state of
Kentucky operates and delivers services,” said Finance and
Administration Cabinet Secretary Robbie Rudolph. “Our Commonwealth
Office of Technology is taking an enterprise approach to information
technology to improve performance in how we manage and deliver
services, improve efficiencies, position Kentucky for economic
growth and promote technology through our education systems. We're
making dramatic changes, so it's great to see Kentucky take such
a big leap in this respected survey."
The
2004 Digital States Survey is essentially a snapshot of where
states are in their delivery of digital services. The 2004 survey
focused on over 60 measurements in four broad areas: service delivery;
architecture and infrastructure; collaboration; and leadership.
“We’re working to fundamentally change the IT architecture
of state government,” Mike Inman, Commissioner of Technology,
said. “Our vision will allow for faster adoption of digital
government by state agencies and help the Commonwealth use technology
as leverage to achieve better business outcomes.”
Kentucky's
efforts in delivering digital government can be seen at www.kentucky.gov,
where over 140 on-line services are now available for Kentucky
citizens and businesses, those wishing to visit Kentucky or companies
wishing to do business with or in the bluegrass state.
For
more information on the Digital States Survey, visit the Center
for Digital Government on-line at: http://www.centerdigitalgov.com/center/04sustained.php
For
more information on this release contact:
Jill Midkiff
Finance and Administration Cabinet
(502) 564-4240
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