Awards and Recognitions USA.gov (formerly FirstGov.gov) has won many awards, and has been widely recognized for its information and services since it launched in 2000. Awards by Date March 2009- Government Information Technology Executive Council (GITEC) Project Management Excellence Award for outstanding project management in Collaborative Government/Web 2.0 Vision.
January 2008- Government Customer Support Excellence Award Finalist
January 2009August 2008May 2008April 2008November 2007- President's Quality Award – Office of Personnel Management
October 2007- Vignette Village 2007 Excellence Award - Vignette Corporation
September 2007- WebAward - Web Marketing Association
August 2007July 2007February 2007- Top Ten Most Useful Sites for Web-Based Research - XooxleAnswers
September 2006August 2006- #1 in Overall Federal Agency E-Government Performance, Taubman Center for Public Policy at Brown University
July 2006April 2006March 2006- Showcase of Excellence Award Winner - Federal Leadership Councils at FOSE
- Stockholm Challenge Award Finalist 2006
January 2006- Favorite Places on the Web - Chicago Sun Times
- Hot Sites - USATODAY.com
- Website of the Day - kdsk.com
December 2005- #1 in Global E-Government Readiness - United Nations Global E-Government Readiness Report 2005
September 2005- Web Content Managers Best Practices Award for FirstGov en español (now GobiernoUSA.gov)
June 2005- Webby Worthy Award - International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences
April 2005- PC Magazine's Top 100 Classic Sites
- Kim Komando Cool Site of the Day
January 2005- Favorite Website - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
September 2004- IRMCO Team Award Finalist
- #1 in Overall Federal e-Government - Taubman Center for Public Policy at Brown University
August 2004- Kim Komando Cool Site of the Day
May 2004- Top Site of the Day - widders.com
April 2004March 2004- FirstGov (now USA.gov) Director winner, Fed 100
February 2004January 2004- Site of the Day - Charlotte Observer (North Carolina)
December 2003- "EContent 100" - EContent Magazine
- Finalist, World Summit Award - United Nations International Telecommunications Union
November 2003- #1 in Web-Quality & E-Government Readiness - United Nations "World Public Sector Report 2003 - E-Government at the Crossroads"
- Cool Site of the Day - coolsiteoftheday.com
- Top Three Government Sites - WABC TV, New York
October 2003- 101 Most Incredibly Useful Sites - PC Magazine
September 2003- #1 in Overall Federal e-Government - Taubman Center for Public Policy at Brown University
August 2003- Site of the Day - Charlotte Observer (North Carolina)
- Site of the Week - Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
May 2003- Innovations in American Government Award Winner
March 2003- Innovations in American Government Award Finalist
- PC Magazine's Top 100 Classic Sites
November 2002- Innovations in American Government Award Semi-Finalist
July 2002- Public Access to Government Information Award - American Association Law Libraries
- Yahoo! Internet Life Magazine's 50 Most Incredibly Useful Sites
June 2002- Best New Government Website - Women's World Magazine
- Pioneer Award, E-Gov
February 2002January 2002- Excellence.Gov Award Finalist
December 2001- Grace Hopper Government Technology Leadership Award
November 2001- Federal Line - FederalNewsRadio.com
October 2001- Hot Site - USA Today.com
- Pick of the Week - Yahoo!
August 2001- Innovations in American Government Award Finalist
July 2001June 2001- Intergovernmental Solutions Award
- Site of the Week - The Washington Times
- Top 100 Sites of the Day - The Legendinc.com
- Web Map: News You Can Use - USNews.com
May 2001- #1 in 100 Top Government Sites - 100.com
- Golden Web Award (2001-2002)
April 2001- Innovations in American Government Award Semi-Finalist
- Pioneer Award, E-Gov
- Site of the Day - The Wall Street Journal Classroom Edition
- Top 100 Sites for Small Business - Entrepreneur Magazine
March 2001- Azimuth Award (awarded to Dave Barram and Eric Brewer)
- FOSE and Chief Information Officers Council of Excellence Award
- Site of the Month - Chief Executives' Forum (Belfast, Ireland)
- Site of the Month - Research Data Management Service, University of Delaware
- Site of the Month - The CyberSkeptic's Guide to Internet Research
- Site of the Week - Web Watch
- Site of the Week - Worksupport.com
February 2001- Recognized among "40 Great Web Sites," Reader's Digest, New Choices Magazine
- Cool Website of the Day - "Topical" Tipworld
- Site of the Day - Canton Public Library (Canton, Michigan)
- Site of the Month - Internet Resources for Nonprofits
- Site of the Week - Legal Engine
January 2001- Government Computer News Award
- Hot Site of the Year - USA Today
- Interesting Worldwide Website - Computer Times
- Site of the Day - New York Times
- Vice President's Hammer Award for Reinventing Government
December 2000- Site of the Day - E-mazing
November 2000- Site of the Month - King County Library (Washington State)
October 2000- A - Education World
- Site of the Week - RefDesk.com
- Site of the Day - Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
- Site of the Day - Mountain Home School District 193 (Mountain Home, Idaho)
- Site of the Month - New York State Library
- Site of the Week - Boston Bar Association
- Site of the Week - Fort Smith, Arkansas Public Library
September 2000- Site of the Day - Alpha-Pro Net
- Site of the Week - University of Texas Southwestern Medical Library
Awards by Title- #1 in 100 Top Government Sites - 100.com
- #1 in About.com's Top 20 Essential U.S. Government Websites
- #1 in Global E-Government Readiness - United Nations Global E-Government Readiness Report 2005
- #1 in Overall Federal Agency E-Government Performance, Taubman Center for Public Policy at Brown University (2003, 2004, 2006, 2007)
- #1 in Web-Quality & E-Government Readiness - United Nations "World Public Sector Report 2003 - E-Government at the Crossroads"
- 25 Websites We Can't Live Without, Time Magazine
- 101 Most Incredibly Useful Sites - PC Magazine
- A - Education World
- Arroba de oro, ("the golden @") Finalist
- Azimuth Award
- Best Government Web Sites: USA.gov - Government Computer News
- Best New Government Website - Women's World Magazine
- Best of the Web - Forbes.com
- Cool Site of the Day - coolsiteoftheday.com
- Cool Site of the Day - Kim Komando
- Cool Website of the Day - "Topical" Tipworld
- "EContent 100" - EContent MagazineExcellence.Gov
- Excellence.Gov
- Excellent rating for GovGab.gov blog by blogged.com
- Fed 100
- Favorite Places on the Web - Chicago Sun-Times
- Favorite Website - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- Federal Line - FederalNewsRadio.com
- FOSE and Chief Information Officers Council of Excellence Award
- Golden Web Award
- Government Computer News Award
- Government Customer Support Excellence Award Finalist
- Grace Hopper Government Technology Leadership Award
- Hot Site - USA Today.com
- Hot Site of the Year - USA Today.com
- Innovations in American Government Award Winner (2002)
- Intergovernmental Solutions Award
- Interesting Worldwide Website - Computer Times
- IRMCO Team Award Finalist
- Link You Can't Live Without - WUSA9.com
- Model of Collaboration - Center for Technology in Government at University at Albany, SUNY
- Most Effective Federal Web Site at Using Interactive Features to Engage the Public - Brookings Institution
- PC Magazine's Top 100 Classic Sites
- Pick of the Week - Yahoo!
- Pioneer Award, E-Gov
- Pioneer Award - Federal Computer Week
- President's Quality Award – Office of Personnel Management
- Project Management Excellence in Collaborative Government/Web 2.0 Vision, Government Information Technology Executive Council (GITEC)
- Public Access to Government Information Award - American Association Law Libraries
- Recognized among "40 Great Web Sites," Reader's Digest, New Choices Magazine
- Showcase of Excellence Award Winner - Federal Leadership Councils at FOSE
- Site of the Day - Alpha-Pro Net
- Site of the Day - Canton Public Library (Canton, Michigan)
- Site of the Day - Charlotte Observer (North Carolina)
- Site of the Day - E-mazing
- Site of the Day - Entertainment Weekly
- Site of the Day - Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
- Site of the Day - Mountain Home School District 193 (Mountain Home, Idaho)
- Site of the Day - The New York Times
- Site of the Day - The Wall Street Journal Classroom Edition
- Site of the Month - Chief Executives' Forum (Belfast, Ireland)
- Site of the Month - Internet Resources for Nonprofits
- Site of the Month - King County Library (Washington State)
- Site of the Month - New York State Library
- Site of the Month - Research Data Management Service, University of Delaware
- Site of the Month - The CyberSkeptic's Guide to Internet Research
- Site of the Week - Boston Bar Association
- Site of the Week - Fort Smith, Arkansas Public Library
- Site of the Week - Legal Engine
- Site of the Week - Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
- Site of the Week - RefDesk.com
- Site of the Week - The Washington Times
- Site of the Week - University of Texas Southwestern Medical Library
- Site of the Week - Web Watch
- Site of the Week - Worksupport.com
- Stockholm Challenge Award Finalist 2006
- "The Best of..." - Money Magazine
- Top 100 Sites for Small Business - Entrepreneur Magazine
- Top 100 Sites of the Day - The Legendinc.com
- Top Site of the Day - widders.com
- Top Ten Most Useful Sites for Web-Based Research - XooxleAnswers
- Top Three Government Sites - WABC TV, New York
- U.S. Government Web Sites You Didn't Know You Could Use, lifehacker.com
- Vice President's Hammer Award for Reinventing Government
- Vignette Village 2007 Excellence Award - Vignette Corporation
- WebAward - Web Marketing Association
- Website of the Day - kdsk.com
- Web Content Managers Best Practices Award for FirstGov en español (now GobiernoUSA.gov)
- Web Map: News You Can Use - USNews.com
- Webby Awards Official Honoree - International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences
- Webby Worthy Award - International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences
- World Summit Award Finalist - United Nations International Telecommunications Union
- Yahoo! Internet Life Magazine's 50 Most Incredibly Useful Sites
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