More than 20 Years of ESIG Award Winners

Description and History of the Exemplary Systems in Government Awards

The Exemplary Systems in Government Awards, inaugurated in 1980 by the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association, recognize extraordinary achievement by government agencies in the use of automated information systems. This achievement is defined as the effective application of computer technology that can be measured in terms of improved government services and increased benefits to citizens. The award competition is open to all public agencies at the federal, state/provincial, regional and local levels.

2012 ESIG Winners

2011 ESIG Winners

2010 ESIG Winners 

2009 ESIG Winners Announced (View the Winning Submissions)

2008 ESIG Winners Announced (View the 2008 Winning Submissions)

Enterprise Systems

2008 ESIG Winner:
Geospatial Incident Management System – Horry County, South Carolina

Distinguished Systems in this Category:

Single Process Systems 

2008 ESIG Winner: Public Works GIS Viewer – City of Fontana, CA

Distinguished Systems in this Category:

View the 2007 Winning Submissions

Single Process System Award

Prince William County, VA - Prince William County Parcel Maintenance Process

Enterprise System Awards

REGIS Agency, GVMC, Grand Rapids, MI – REGIS: REgional Geographic Information System

PSMA Australia – LYNX

Distinguished Systems

Distinguished Single Process System:

City of Philadelphia, PA - PhillyHistory.org

Distinguished Enterprise Systems:

San Diego County Regional Airport Authority – Infrastructure Database Management Project (IDMP)
Republic of Singapore – Integrated Planning and Land Use System (IPLAN)

2006

Single Process System Award

• City of Dallas, Texas — POSSE Land Management System

Enterprise System Award

• Illinois State Toll Highway Authority — GeoSource
• Johnson County, kansas — myAIMS Web Portal
• Washington, DC — Regional Pawn Data Sharing System (RPDSS)

Distinguished Single Process Systems:

• City of Calgary, AB - ePlans
• Allegheny County Department of Human Services, PA - HumanServices.net
• Badger Army Ammunition Plant - Geographic Information System
• Oakland County, MI - E-Health Well & Septic Permitting System

Distinguished Enterprise Systems:

• City of Calgary - 311 Program
• Illinois Tollway - Lane Closure Application
• Jefferson County, CO - Hart Data Resolver Application
• Lucas County, OH - GIS-Enabled Enterprise Content Management (ECM)
• Shelby County, AL - Shelby Knowledge Suite
• Victoria, Australia - Victorian Mapping and Address Service (VMAS)
• Warren County, OH - Integrated Mapping System
• Washington County, OR - Cadastral Ownership Registry (CORe)

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2005

Single Process System Award

Baltimore City, MD - U-View

Enterprise System Award

State of Massachusetts - MassGIS Web Mapping Services

Brampton, Ontario — Enabling the Enterprise: Brampton’s Web-Based GIS Solution

Clayton County, GA - Clayton County Water Authority GIS System

Honorable Mentions

Single Process System:
Douglas County, CO - Mapping and Addressing Parcels (MAP) Enterprise System:
Delaware County, OH - Delaware County Auditor, DALIS Web

Enterprise System:
Atlanta Regional Commission — Oblique Imagery & Geo—Referenced GIS Data Pilot Project
DCStat Washington, DC
Paulding County, GA — GIS Geodatabase Project
City of Loveland, CO — The Loveland Geographic Information / Cartographic (LOGIC) System
Georgia Department of Transportation — Transportation Explorer (TREX)
Province of British Columbia — Integrated Land and Resource Registry

2004

Single Process System Award

South Florida Water Management District
The Lake Okeechobee Stage-Area-Capacity Lookup Application Maryland Department of the Environment
Maryland Online Tier II Reporting System

Enterprise System Award

Victoria, Australia
Vicmap Topographic 1:30 000 City of Charlotte Enterprise GIS Program
GIS Street Centerline Enhancement Project

Sacramento County
WebGIS

Honorable Mentions

Single Process System:
Washoe County, NV Washoe County Map Warehouse District of Columbia
Emergency Information Center

Enterprise System:
District of Columbia
DC Guide

City of Fitchburg, WI
Staff Analyst

Jackson County, OR
Front Counter Application

2003

Single Process System Award

Tallahassee-Leon County, FL

Topographic Partnering Group/LiDAR Project

Enterprise System Award

Louisville and Jefferson County Information Consortium (LOJIC)

Honorable Mentions

Single Process System:
City of Elkhart, IN - InPlant - Interactive Plant Enterprise System:
Chatham-Kent, Ontario, Canada - Chatham-Kent Online

Enterprise System:
Department of the Army - The Intelligent Road/Rail Information Server (IRRIS)

2002

Single Process System Award

Fire Department of New York City (FDNY) - World Trade Center Disaster Response – GPS Recovery System

Enterprise System Award

MetroGIS Geodata Collaborative Metropolitan Council - "Serving the seven-county Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Area"

Honorable Mentions

Single Process System:
New York Department of IT and Telecommunications (DoITT) – Emergency Management Online Locator System (EMOLS)

Enterprise System:
State of Arkansas – GeoStor

Chester County, PA – Land Record Modernization

2001

Single Process System Award

City of Tucson, AZ, “”City of Tucson’s Commercial Property Online”

Alberta Government Services, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, “The Alberta Spatial Information (SPIN) System”

Enterprise System Award

Mecklenburg County, NC, “North Carolina GIS on the Internet”

Honorable Mentions

Single Process System:
City of Columbus, OH, “Construction Drawing Imaging and Management System (CDIMS)”

Enterprise System:
Land Victoria Department of Natural Resources and Environment, East Melbourne, Australia, “The Property Information Project”

2000

Single Process System Award

Atlanta, GA, “Georgia GIS Clearinghouse”

Enterprise System Award

Pierce County, WA, “Pierce County (Washington) Responder System”

Honorable Mentions

Single Process System: Colorado Springs, CO, “Colorado Springs Utilities Facilities Information Management System”

Enterprise Systems: Eugene, OR, “Lane Council of Governments”

1999

Operations Automation Systems Award

City of San Diego SWIMpen Field Computing System, City of San Diego Water & Metropolitan Wastewater Departments

Corporate Systems Award

Oakland County Enterprise Geographic Information System

Oakland County Enterprise GIS Program

Special Award

NSDI/Data Partnership Systems Award:
Land Information System, Tasmania (the LIST)
The State of Tasmania, Australia

1998

Small Municipal Systems Award

City of Loveland Community Services, City of Loveland, Colorado, “The Loveland Geographic Information/Cartographic (LOGIC) System.”

Operations Automation Systems Award

Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, “Board of elections GIS.”

Corporate Systems Award

Pierce County Information Services Department, Tacoma, Washington, “CountyView.”

New Brunswick Geographic Information Corporation, Fredericton, NB, Canada, “Completing the Vision: Public Access to the Provincial Land Information Infrastructure—New Brunswick’s Real Property Information Internet Service.”

Special Award

NSDI/Data Partnership Systems Award:
New York State Library, Albany, New York, “The New York State GIS Clearinghouse.”

Honorable Mentions

Small Municipality:
Blue Valley School District, Overland Park, Kansas, “Student Enrollment Decision Support System (SEDSS)”

Turtle River Watershed Conservation District, “Watershed: The System.”

Operations Automation:
Lucas County, Ohio, “Auditor’s Real Estate Information System (AREIS)”

1997

Small Municipal Systems Award

NSDI/Data Partnership Systems Award:
Egyptian Cabinet Information & Decision Support Centre, Socio-Economic Indicator and for City District Housing License and Tax Collection Information System.

Operations Automation Systems Award

City of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Planning One Stop Service (POSSE)

Corporate Systems Award

City of Scottsdale, Arizona, Land and Information System (LIS)

Special Award

Public Works and Engineering Systems Award:
State of Qatar, Drainage Geographic Information Kiosk.

Honorable Mentions

The City of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, Mississauga Approvals Xpress (MAX) System.

1996

Small Municipal Systems Award

Burbank, California Housing Authority for the Housing Authority Section 8 Program.

Operations Automation Systems Award

Burbank, California Housing Authority for the Housing Authority Section 8 Program.

Corporate Systems Award

Irving, Texas for the City of Irving Citywide GIS.

Special Award

Public Works & Engineering Systems Award:
Johnson City, Tennessee for Street Sweeping Zoning and Routing System.

NSDI/Data Partnership Systems Award:
State of Montana for Montana GIS Data Clearinghouse.

1995

Small Municipal Systems Award

Barry County, Michigan for Barry County GIS.

Operations Automation Systems Award

Albuquerque, New Mexico for Site Environmental Audit Information System (SEA).

Corporate Systems Award

San Diego, California for Regional Urban Information System (RUIS).

Special Award

Contributions to NSDI Award: Department of Natural Resources Canada for Delta-X-System 1995.

Honorable Mentions

Corporate Systems:
Queensland, Australia for Geographic Information for Public Safety (GIPS).

Operations Automation:
Pinellas County, Florida for Land Information Management System (LIMS).

Mecklenburg County, North Carolina for GIS Precinct Splitting Application.

Prince George’s County, Maryland for GIS-Based Flood Management Simulation Model.

1994

Small Municipal Systems Award

Wilson Automated Government Enhancement Systems (WAGES)
City of Wilson, North Carolina

Operations Automation Systems Award

Presidio Graphic Management Information System (PGMIS)

National Park Service at the Presidio, San Francisco, California

Corporate Systems Award

Executive Information System (EIS)
City of Mississauga, ON, Canada

Honorable Mentions

Operations Automation Systems:
NeighborLINE, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Corporate Systems:
Providence Plan, City of Providence, Rhode Island.

1993

Small Municipal Systems Award

City of Concord, New Hampshire, Dept. of Public Works, “Geographic Information System.”

Operations Automation Systems Award

State of North Carolina, Dept. of Public Instruction, “Transportation Information Management System.”

Corporate Systems Award

City of Edmonton, Dept. of Planning & Development, “Socio-economic and Land Use Systems.”

Honorable Mentions

Corporate Systems:
City of Phoenix, Dept. of Management Information Systems, “Geographic Information System.”

Corporate Systems:
City of Minneapolis, Dept. of Public Works, “Cookbook.”

1992

Small Municipal Systems Award

City of Alhambra, California, “The City of Alhambra Geographic Information System…”

Operations Automation Systems Award

City of Calgary, Alberta, Planning & Building Dept., “Making Connections: Enhancing the City of Calgary’s Building Permit System.”

Corporate Systems Award

State of Quatar, Ministry of Industry & Public Works, “Impact of the Digital Base Map Database & GIS on the Drainage Division—Ministry of Industry and Public Works.”

Honorable Mentions

Operations Automation:
City of Houston, Public Utilities Dept., “Computer Aided Solutions to Wastewater Systems Problems: How Houston, Texas Manages Its System.”

Small Municipalities:
City of Port Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, “City of Port Adelaide Local Information Utility.”

1991

Small Municipal Systems Award

Loudon County, Virginia, “GIS Support for Comprehensive Planning & Zoning Processes.”

Operations Automation Systems Award

Merced County, California, “Merced Automated Global Information Control System (MAGIC).”

Corporate Systems Award

Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs, “Environmental Affairs Systems Modernization Project.”

City of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, “Electric System Construction Information System (ESCIS).”

Special Award

International Award:
Sweden Central Board of Real Estate, “The Land Data Bank System.”

Honorable Mentions

Operations Automation:
Costra Costa, California, “On-Line 278LM* On-line Welfare Case Budgeting.”

North Dakota State Land Department, “North Dakota Automated Land Management System.”

Small Municipalities:
Alliance, Nebraska Police Department, “Alliance Police Department Managed Information System.”

1990

Small Municipal Systems Award

City of Greenville, South Carolina, “Hazardous Material Evacuation Model.”

Operations Automation Systems Award

Pierce County, Washington, “Development Center Information System (DCIS) for Permits and Land Services.”

Corporate Systems Award

State of Alaska, Department of Natural Resources, “Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Damage Assessment Subsystem.”

Special Award

International Award:
Brisbane Australia City Council, “Brisbane Integrated Map of Assets and Property (BIMAP).”

Honorable Mentions

Operations Automation:
United State Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, “TIGER System.”

Corporate Systems:
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, “Montgomery County Information System.”

Small Municipalities:
Inc. Village of Massapequa Park, New York, “Cost/Benefit Infrastructure Analysis and Long Range Capital Improvement Planning Program.”

1989

• State of New Hampshire Economic Development Data System (NEDDS)
• City of Hartford (Connecticut Critical Success Factor/Measure of Success Performance Evaluation System
• State of South Australia Land Information System
• City of Santa Monica (California) Public Electronic Network
• State of California Job Service Automation
• Queensland (Australia) GIS Technology Trade Centre
• City of Manchester (New Hampshire Landfill Operations System

1988

• City of Austin (Texas) Geographical Information & Policy Analysis System
• State of North Carolina Land Resources Information Service
• Government of Singapore School Link Project
• State of Queensland (Australia) Rainforest Geographic Information System
• County of Oxford, Ontario (Canada) Land Related Information System
• City of Indianapolis (Indiana) Mapping and Geographic Infrastructure System
• Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Economic Development Information Network
• Regional Municipality of Ottawa—Carleton, Ontario, Priority Program Management Systems
• Province of Alberta (Canada) Land Status Automated System
• City of Overland Park (Kansas) Planning and Research Tracking System
• City of Fort Collins (Colorado) Reimbursement Account Management System

1987

• Richmond (British Columbia) Property Management System
• Eau Claire (Wisconsin) Citizen Request for Service Monitoring System
• Anchorage (Alaska) Automated Mapping System (AMS)
• State of Queensland (Australia) Cadastral Mapping Project

1986

• Elk Grove Village (Illinois) Civil Defense Computer Program
• St. Petersburg (Florida) Police Portable Computer Project
• Cape Breton (Nova Scotia) Multi-User Automated Permit System
• State of Mississippi Automated Resource Information System (MARIS)
• State of Colorado Oil and Gas Information Management System (COGIMS)
• U. S. Army, Geographical Resource Analysis Support System (GRASS)

1985

• Dallas (Texas) Request for Inspection Subsystem
• Environment Canada ( Canada) Canada Land Data System
• fort Collins (Colorado) Meter Reading System
• New York (New York) Street Lighting Interactive Maintenance System (SLIMS)
• San Diego (California) Water Utility Department Work Assignment Order System
• Toronto (Ontario) Central Property Register

1984

• Cincinnati (Ohio) Planning and Management Support System
• Phoenix (Arizona) Fire Department Computer Aided Dispatch & Mobile Digital Terminal Dispatch System
• Seattle Public Schools, Seattle (Washington) Geoprocessing at the Seattle School District
• State of South Australia, Adelaide (South Australia) Land Ownership and Tenure System
• TNRIS Task Force, Austin (Texas) Texas Natural Resources Information System
• Wyandotte County, Kansas City (Kansas) A = Multi-Purpose Land Data System

1983

• Anchorage (Alaska) Parking Civil Violation Enforcement System
• Dallas (Texas) Direct Case Filing System
• DeKalb County (Georgia) Property Inventory Control System
• Edmonton (Alberta) Manpower Payroll Information System
• Forsyth County (North Carolina) Land Records Information System
• Saint Louis County (Missouri) Land Data Base System

1982

• Arlington (Texas) Building Inspection Department System
• Boston (Massachusetts) Policy Management Information System
• Hennepin County (Minnesota) Mapping and Planning System
• State of Minnesota, Minnesota Land Management Information System
• New Haven (Connecticut) Arson Information Management System
• New Orleans (Louisiana) Economic Development System
• U. S. Department of Commerce, State Data Center Program

1981

• Eugene (Oregon) fire Information Management System
• U. S. Department of Commerce, Decision Information Display System
• Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Policy Development and Management Projects
• Washington (D.C.) Municipal automated Geographic Information system
• Montgomery County (Maryland) Parking Violation System