Arizona Wins Digital State Award 2001 
Governor Jane Dee Hull Accepts at Phoenix Ceremony

Phoenix – The Progress & Freedom Foundation today presented a Digital State 2001 Award to Arizona Governor Jane Dee Hull in recognition of Arizona’s 5th place ranking in the 2001 Digital State Survey.

The annual survey, conducted by The Progress & Freedom Foundation and the Center for Digital Government, documents progress made by states in adopting digital technologies to improve delivery of services to citizens. Results of the 2001 survey are published in the report, The Digital State 2001, sponsored by Compaq Computer Corp. 

Cathilea Robinette, president of the Center for Digital Government, presented the award to Governor Hull at a ceremony at Wilson Elementary School, 2929 E. Fillmore in Phoenix.

Arizona tied for 5th place with Maine in the 2001 survey. Kent Lassman, PFF research fellow and author of the report, noted that Arizona jumped from 17th place in the 2000 survey to 5th in 2001. Arizona ranked 2nd in the category of Transportation and 3rd in E-Commerce & Business Regulation. Overall, Illinois and Kansas tied for 1st place, Washington ranked 3rd and Maryland ranked 4th 2001. 

“We are pleased to honor Arizona’s efforts to deliver services and to create the technology-based infrastructure needed to govern in the 21st century,” said Lassman.

“Arizona has a clear mission to use technology to improve service delivery for citizens,” said Governor Hull. “Technology is the key for Arizona to do more with less in a time of shrinking budgets.”

PFF studies the impact of the digital revolution and its implications for public policy. The Washington, D.C.-based Foundation is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization.

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