Washington D.C. was ranked best municipal website recently, according to the Public Technology Institute. City websites were surveyed jointly by the E-Governance Institute, School of Public Affairs and Administration at Rutgers University-Newark, and the Department of Public Administration at San Francisco State University.
The sites were ranked in the areas of privacy, usability, content, service and citizen participation, and the D.C site won handily over the others in the top 10:
Top 10 Cities in Digital Governance Nationwide - 2008
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| Rank | City | State | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington | DC | 67.64 |
| 2 | Portland | OR | 62.23 |
| 3 | New York | NY | 61.66 |
| 4 | New Orleans | LA | 61.15 |
| 5 | Los Angeles | CA | 58.64 |
| 6 | Salt Lake City | UT | 57.66 |
| 7 | Minneapolis | MN | 56.52 |
| 8 | Boston | MA | 55.81 |
| 9 | Columbus | OH | 55.78 |
| 10 | Seattle | WA | 55.28 |