Citizens Budget Commission Innovations Prize

Citizens Budget Commission Prize for Public Service Innovation

2008's Prize application will be open to New York State agencies this year. Download the Prize application here. The deadline for applications has been extended to December 18, 2007.

Congratulations to 2007's Innovation Prize winner, ACCESS NYC.

Through the Prize for Public Service Innovation, the Citizens Budget Commission (CBC) seeks to identify and highlight a New York City or State government agency that demonstrates an innovative approach to providing government services. The CBC awards this prize both to celebrate creative thinking and to share government achievements with the public and other agencies.

The CBC Prize for Public Service Innovation was established in 1997 to recognize and promote successful innovations in the delivery of public services. The Trustees of the CBC instituted a prize schedule that alternates annually between New York City and New York State agencies. Since 1997, five state agencies and five city agencies have received the prize. Past winners include:

The 2007 Prize for Public Service Innovation

2007 The New York City Department of Information Technology & Telecommunications and The Office of the Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services

ACCESS NYC

2006 New York State Office of General Services' Procurement Services Group
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HIRE Cooperative Purchasing Contracts
2005 New York City Department of Information Technology & Telecommunications
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3-1-1 Citizen Service Center
2004 New York State Unified Court System
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Center for Court Innovation
2003 New York City Department of Finance
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Automated City Register Information System (ACRIS)

2002 New York State Workers' Compensation Board (Read more)
Management Information, Research, References, and Operational Reports (MIRROR)
and
New York State Office for Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities
Supported Employment Internet Reporting System

2001 New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation
Electronic Patient Record System

2000 New York State Metropolitan Transportation Authority
MetroCard and MetroCard Vending Machines

1999 New York City Campaign Finance Board
Increasing public access to information on political campaign contributions
1998 New York State Department of Motor Vehicles
License Renewal by Mail and Private Sector Partnering

Deputy Mayor Linda I. Gibbs, H. Dale Hemmerdinger, Commissioner Paul J. Cosgrave

2007 Winner:
The New York City Department of Information Technology & Telecommunications and The Office of the Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services
ACCESS NYC

2006 Winner:
New York State Office of General Services' Procurement Services Group
HIRE Cooperative Purchasing Contracts

Commissioner Gino Menchini with the 2005 Prize

2005 Winner:
New York City Dept of Information Technology & Telecommunications
NYC 3-1-1 Citizen Service Center

Diana Fortuna, Judge Judith S. Kaye, H. Dale Hemmerdinger

2004 Winner:
New York State Unified Court System
Center for Court Innovation

Diana Fortuna, H. Dale Hemmerdinger, Finance Commissioner Martha Stark, Key Finance Department Staff, Cheryl Cohen Effron, Key Finance Department Staff

2003 Winner:
The City of New York Department of Finance
Automated City Register Information System