Online Democracy Award Home Page

Site eligibility

Criteria judges will consider

Selection committee

Nomination form

Previous Winners

Legislative Information and Communications Staff Section (LINCS)

National Association of Legislative Information Technology (NALIT)

NCSL Legislative Summit

Previous Award Recipients

Year	Award Recipient
2009	Tennessee Legislature  The Tennessee Legislature's website was honored for it's prominent educational resources, well-organized information, a simple and fresh design and integration of archived streaming video clips with agendas and bill information.
2008	Texas Legislature The Texas Legislature's website was honored for its wealth of information on the members’ pages, search capabilities, streaming video and audio services and an outreach to kids. In addition, this site is easy to navigate, making it friendly to the novice user and valuable for the experienced user.
2007	New Jersey Legislature   New Jersey's website stood out for its ease of navigation, depth of content and openness and availability of information for the public.
2006	Minnesota Legislature Minnesota's website was recognized for its ease of navigation, advanced searchability and multitude of content.
2005	Utah State Legislature The Utah State Legislature was honored for its outstanding achievement in using design, content and technology to bring democracy closer to the citizens of Utah. The selection committee specifically noted the site's use of RSS feeds and its audio and video technologies.