• January 2, 2002

Illinois and Kansas tied for first place in the fourth annual Digital State Survey, conducted by The Progress & Freedom Foundation and the Center for Digital Government. The report, which is sponsored by Compaq Computer Corp., documents progress made by states in 2001 in adopting digital technologies to improve delivery of services to citizens. The survey examined digital technologies in eight categories: E-commerce & Business Regulation, Taxation & Revenue, Social Services, Law Enforcement & the Courts, Digital Democracy, Management & Administration, Education and Transportation. The states rounding out the top 10 in the 2001 survey are Washington, which ranked number one in three earlier annual surveys, Maryland, Arizona, Maine, New Jersey, Utah, Ohio and Michigan. Results of the 2001 survey are published in a new report, The Digital State 2001, and are based on a comprehensive poll of chief information officers in the 50 states.