Awards
2019-
2019 What Works City Gold Certification for external audit of our data practices. (Civic Innovation)
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2019 Stae Civic Sandbox (Civic Innovation)
2018
- First place in the Government Experience Awards from the Center for Digital Government for Louisvilleky.gov
- Third place in the Digital Cities Survey from the Center for Digital Government
- Recipient of the Smart Cities Council’s 2018 Readiness Challenge Grant
- Winner of the Best of Kentucky Awards at the Kentucky Digital Summit
2017
2019 What Works City Gold Certification for external audit of our data practices. (Civic Innovation)
2019 Stae Civic Sandbox (Civic Innovation)
2017 Granicus Digital Strategy Award Winner - Creative Use of Digital Citizen Engagement
The no. 1 question the 311 Department at the City of Louisville, Kentucky receives from Louisville residents is: “When is my junk set out date?” With hard copy mail notifications to citizens not being enough to properly inform citizens, the City set out to find a better way. Integrating with the GovDelivery Communications Cloud digital messages to citizens, the City implemented an API (Application Process Interface) that allows the City to automatically generate text and email messages to citizens with junk pick up dates and times. So far, 27,000 opt-in subscribers have signed up so far (Louisville has 180,000 total GovDelivery subscribers), and they’ve managed to reduce calls to their 311 service by more than half.
September 2017
2nd place in the Overall City Government Experience Awards from the Center for Digital Government
Kentucky Digital Summit "Best of Kentucky" Awards
Winner: SmartCities project and KyWired project
2016
August 2016
Top 5 in the Center for Digital Government's Best of the Web Survey Awards for Louisvilleky.gov
April 2016
Kentucky Digital Summit "Best of Kentucky" Awards
Winner: Best I.T. Collaboration Among Organizations / DoIT and Louisville Metro Police (LMPD) for Deployment of Body Cameras to all LMPD officers.
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2015
November 2015
In November, Louisville Metro Government won $50,000 in credits from Amazon Web Services for work to improve transparency and government performance. Learn more.
November 2015
In November, Louisville Metro Government placed 2nd nationally in the Center for Digital Government's Digital Cities Survey. Get the full story.
September 2015
In September, the city’s website, www.louisvilleky.gov, received national attention with a 2nd place finish in the 2015 Best of the Web Awards conducted by the Center for Digital Government (CDG). Get the full story.
September 2015
Metro TV received several awards in September from the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors. Learn more.
April 2015
In April, Louisvilleky.gov received a 2015 Communicator Award of Distinction from the Academy of Interactive & Visual Arts for the city's website. Learn more about the award.
Best of the Web / Government Experience Awards / Digital Cities Survey
The Department of Information Technology has taken part in the Center for Digital Government's Government Experience Awards (Fomerly Best of the Web) and the Digital Cities Survey for many years. Learn more at the Center for Digital Government's Website.
Google City Challenge
In August of 2014, Louisville was awarded 200 Samsung Chromebooks to help more businesses and citizens get online. The city's efforts has led to Louisville being named one of three winners of the national Get Your Business Online City Challenge sponsored by Google and the United States Conference of Mayors (USCM). More than 150 mayors and their cities participated in the City Challenge, which Google launched with the USCM in June, 2013. Cities held events, conducted outreach and formed partnerships to encourage local businesses to get online. The winning cities were selected for their creative, far reaching and scalable efforts.