AUSTIN - TXDOT is proud to announce that its Web site received national recognition recently with an award for redesign and recognition for usability.

Earlier this month, the Center for Digital Government, a national research and advisory institute on information technology policies and practices in state and local government, awarded TxDOT one of its 2007 Digital Government Achievement Awards in the Government-to-Citizen State Government category for the redesign of the Web site last year.

The Digital Government Achievement Award is a national program recognizing outstanding agency and department Web sites and applications that enhance information, transactions and/or services. The categories include government-to-government, government-to-business, government-to-citizen, and government internal.

“We’re honored to be awarded and recognized by CDG for all of the hard work that went into making the TxDOT Web site better for external and internal audiences,” said Michael Sledge, TxDOT’s Web site redesign project leader and content manager. “Our goal is to continue to improve upon our own work and make the TxDOT Web site a leader in state-government sites.”

Texas Online was also recognized as a finalist for CDG’s 2007 Best of the Web Awards in the State Portal category.

The Best of Web recognition is an annual awards program that recognizes the most innovative, user-friendly state and local government portals. The program judges state, city and county government Web sites based on innovation, Web-delivery of public services, efficiency, economy, and functionality for improved citizen access.