eGovernment Issues

Annual E-Government Study Ranks the States

Brown University has released its 8th annual report rating state and federal e-government and website efforts, as well as a second report comparing e-government progress around the world. This is a well-regarded report watched closely by decisionmakers across the country.

Brown researchers, led by Darrell West of the Taubman Center for Public Policy, analyzed 1,487 state government websites and 61 agency websites in the federal government.

The U.S. report shows Oklahoma e-government efforts moved up the ranking chart signficantly from 2006. The global report shows the United States ranking fourth, behind South Korea, Taiwan and Singapore.

Web sites were evaluated for the presence of various electronic features, such as online publications, databases, audio clips, video clips, foreign language content, translation services, advertisements, premium fees, user payments or fees, disability access, privacy policy, security policy, online services, digital signatures, credit card payments, e-mail addresses, comment forms, automatic e-mail updates, Web site personalization, PDA accessibility and readability level.

You can download and read a copy of these excellent reports in the Adobe PDF format:

State and Federal E-Government in the United States, 2007

Global E-Government, 2007

Links to previous versions of the e-government reports can be found on the policy reports page at West's "Inside Politics" website.