Delaware, USA.gov top Brookings rankings of government Web sites

Delaware.gov and the U.S. government's official Web portal, USA.gov, topped the federal and state rankings of government Web sites in the annual study by Darrell West, who recently moved from Brown University's Taubman Center for Public Policy to the Brookings Institution. The study evaluated 1,537 state and federal websites against 18 best-practices criteria, such as online publications, disability access and foreign language or language translation to gauge the state of e-government in the United States. State and federal agency sites were ranked in its report, State and Federal Electronic Government in the United States, 2008, which was completed during June and July of 2008 at Brown University but published by Brookings.

The top state sites from the study: 1. Delaware; 2. Georgia; 3. Florida; 4. California. 5. Massachusetts; 6. Maine; 7. Kentucky; 8. Alabama. 9. Indiana; 10. Tennessee.

The top federal sites: 1. USA.gov; 2. Department of Agriculture; 3. General Services Administration; 4. Postal Service; 5. Internal Revenue Service; 6. Department of Education; 7. Small Business Administration; 8. Library of Congress; 9. Department of Treasury; 10. Federal Reserve Board.

Hat tip: USA.gov's DotGov Buzz.