Google Case Study Highlights Arizona Partnership to Enhance Citizen Access

Arizona Touted as National Model for Open Government

12-12-07 -- The State of Arizona is featured in a new case study developed by Google Inc. and in testimony on Capitol Hill. In the case study and congressional testimony Google highlights the Arizona-Google Partnership to increase citizen access to government information.

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Early in 2007, the State and Google began working together to make public databases searchable by commercial search engines, thereby making them more accessible to the public. By implementing the Sitemap Protocol, the State has increased citizen access to important information from the Arizona Department of Real Estate, the Registrar of Contractors and several other government agencies.

“The Arizona-Google Partnership was a very economical way to increase citizen access to government.” said Arizona CIO Chris Cummiskey. “I am pleased that Arizona was chosen as a ‘Google Success Story,’ and I look forward to expanding the partnership to other areas of State government.”

The release of the Arizona case study coincided with the testimony of JL Needham, Google’s Manager of Public Sector Content Partnerships, to the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee. At the hearing, Needham testified on Google’s efforts to utilize new and emerging technologies to improve citizen access to government information.

Source: Arizona Governor