Granicus Digital Governance Award

Charles Furment, Technical Multimedia Specialist, accepts the 2008 Granicus Digital Governance Award.

July 15, 2008: The City of Delray Beach Information Technology (IT) Division has won 2nd place in the Digital Governance Award for Excellence in Disseminating Government Information. Delray Beach distinguished itself in this category using webcasting technology as a critical, cost-efficient vehicle for distributing public information.  Charles Furment, Technical Multimedia Specialist, will accept the award at the 2008 Granicus User Conference Awards Banquet to be held August 6th - 8th in San Francisco. The City of Delray Beach uses the Granicus application to provide video streaming of City Commission meetings (live and archived) via the City's website.   Audio from the City's Emergency Radio Station, 1620 AM, is also streamed on the City's website through Granicus, and Granicus facilitates the live audio broadcast of City Commission meetings on 1620 AM.

The 2008 Digital Governance Awards program is presented by Granicus, Inc. and sponsored by Microsoft. It celebrates government agencies for using digital technology in innovative ways to deliver organizational value by creating competitive advantage, reducing operating costs, optimizing legislative processes, or improving government-to-citizen relationships.  The highly competitive Digital Governance Awards seek to honor Granicus clients who display measurable outcomes with technological solutions.  A record number of applications were submitted and competition was close.  The winning jurisdictions demonstrated the most compelling use of Granicus technology with accomplished measurable and impressive results.

"The IT Division is honored to receive the 2nd place award," says Chief Information Officer Guy Buzzelli. "We competed among much larger and very competitive jurisdictions. I am proud of our IT staff and especially Charles Furment who has done an outstanding job utilizing the Granicus technology."