IE: Irish 2008 eGovernment Awards announced

3 March 2008, Ireland, Domain: eGovernment, Topic: eServices for Business
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Source: EC, http://www.ePractice.eu

The 2008 Irish eGovernment Awards were announced on 21 February 2008 during a gala evening in Dublin, attended by over 350 guests including Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Eamon Ryan TD.

The overall winner of this year’s Awards was the Irish Energy Board – Bord Gais – which also won the prize for ‘Best Commercial State Body’ for its website which enables users to pay their bills and submit meter readings on-line. Judges described the site as being "superior to almost any other transactional website. It is intuitive, fully functional and of great benefit to both the organisation and to its customers. It is a credit to those who led the project."

Another major winner was Cork City Council which took two awards – the Accessible Irish eGovernment Award and the eProject Management category – for its accesscork.ie website which helps people with disabilities to identify accessible shops, restaurants, pubs, accommodation and entertainment venues in Cork city.

In total, 12 awards presented, the other notable winners including the Revenue Online Service, which came away with the Central Irish eGovernment Award for its websites revenue.ie and ros.ie, and the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources which won the marketing category for its Power of One campaign.

The Irish eGovernment Awards, jointly run by the ‘Public Sector Times’ newspaper and web usage and content experts, Elucidate, are now in their sixth year. They are the recognised benchmark for excellence in Irish eGovernment services and standards, raising awareness and giving recognition to the front runners in the delivery of quality eGovernment services.

See also an overview of the eGov situation in Europe: http://www.epractice.eu/factsheets

Further information:

• Electricnews
• 2008 Irish eGovernment Awards
• Bord Gáis Energy Supply
• Access Cork
• Revenue – Irish Tax and Customs
• Revenue Online Service (ROS)
• Power of One

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