Center for Digital Government ranks Ohio ninth
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Issue Date: January 3, 2002 |
Source: IGD, Statewide IT Policy |
The State of Ohio posted its highest marks yet in a national survey of states offering online services. |
The Center for Digital Government, a California-based research and advisory group, raised Ohio to |
ninth in its 2001 Digital State Survey, up from 30th the previous year. |
The fourth annual survey, released in January, ranks states on how they are adopting digital Digital |
technologies. The survey is conducted by The Progress & Freedom Foundation and the Center for |
Government, and is based on a comprehensive poll of chief information officers in the 50 states. |
The Digital State Survey also gave Ohio fifth place rankings in two categories: law enforcement and |
the courts as well as management and administration. Ohio ranked 21st and 24th, respectively, in |
those categories in the 2000 survey. |
“We’ve promised to move Ohioans from in line to online, and we’re getting results,” Governor Bob |
Taft said. “I’m proud that others are taking notice of our efforts to offer a growing number of state |
services over the Internet.” |
The survey tracked online postings of state forms and services for 2001. It noted Ohio’s online |
offerings include motor vehicle registration, tax payments and an electronic report card providing |
statistics on a variety of education issues. |
“Our ranking is just a glimpse of the digital services Ohioans can expect from their state government |
in the years ahead,” said Greg Jackson, chief information officer for the State of Ohio and assistant |
director of the Ohio Department of Administrative Services. |
For more information about the survey, visit: |