Press Release

Oakland County Web Site Named Best of the Web in National Competition

Pontiac, MI, August 21, 2008 In fierce competition, the Oakland County website (www.oakgov.com) has been named the #1 government website in the nation by the Center for Digital Government in the Best of the Web nationwide competition involving some 3,000 government websites across the country.

Oakland County was recognized as the best government website in the U.S. for excellence in creating an innovative, user-friendly web portal that delivers improved citizen access, greater efficiency and more bang for the buck.

Creating an innovative and attractive site to draw people in and help them online was a driving factor behind Oakland Countys next generation web site, said Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson. Helping them navigate government and find the services they need at every level is our goal.  Im proud of the work of my Information Technology Team, and now their hard work and achievements are being recognized as the best in the country. 

Oakland County has worked very hard over the past few years to make its website the gold standard by which all other websites are judged.  The effort has paid off.  In 2002, 2004 and 2006 Oakland Countys website was named a Best of the Web finalist.  Then in 2007 Oakland County moved up to second place in the Best of the Web competition.  This year it has achieved the ultimate honor as the Best Government Website in America.

By continuing to develop cost-effective, innovative online services and resources to serve Oakland Countys citizens, business owners, investors and visitors, weve made Oakland Countys web site a more effective tool for government. Were working to provide the best service possible, to allow people to go online instead of standing in line to do business, said Phil Bertolini, Oakland County CIO and Deputy County Executive.

Oakland Countys web site features many interactive capabilities, including 32 online services, a Cross-Boundary Services section, GIS mapping, podcasts, mobile services, discussion forums and blogs, an indexed media/video library, email subscription services and RSS feeds from popular areas, and much more. Oakland Countys online services are Payment Card Industry Compliant.

Fast Facts Oakland County Web Site:

 More than 24,000 individual web pages
 Over 12,000 government publications, documents, forms and reports
 Average 2.6 million unique visitors each year
 Average 19.2 million unique page views each year
 Site visitors from 48 countries worldwide

Find out more about Oakland Countys award-winning web site and online resources at http://www.oakgov.com. For media inquiries, please contact Bob Dustman, Media and Communications Officer at (248) 858-1048.
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