e.Republic's Government Technology Announces Top Doers, Dreamers and Drivers

Business Wire, March 7, 2008

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- B-to-B media firm, e.Republic, Inc. has announced the best and brightest public-sector technology leaders, including two Governors, in its March issue of Government Technology magazine. The Top 25 "Doers, Dreamers and Drivers" award program is a collaboration of the Center for Digital Government and Government Technology magazine, divisions of e.Republic.

Alabama Governor Bob Riley and California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, as well as CIO's, agency directors, and other public sector officials from across the nation, were named as leaders whose vision and superior work have reshaped and advanced digital government. Governor Riley was recognized for launching the SMART (Specific, Measurable, Accountable, Responsive and Transparent) budgeting process which allows Alabama citizens to see posted reports on the internet on exactly how their tax dollars are spent in every state program. Governor Schwarzenegger was acknowledged for pushing the nation's most aggressive green agenda to reduce greenhouse emissions and for his Million Solar Roofs initiative.

The entire list of the Top 25 can be accessed at www.govtech.com

About the Center for Digital Government

The Center is a national research and advisory institute on information technology policies and best practices in state and local government (www.centerdigitalgov.com)

About Government Technology magazine

Government Technology is the award-winning national magazine of record covering information technology's role in the business and policy of running modern state and local governments. Its website, www.govtech.com, features daily state and local IT news, market analyst commentary, current events and technology research.

Government Technology magazine and the Center for Digital Government are divisions of e.Republic, Inc. (www.erepublic.com), the nation's leading publishing, research, event, and new media company focused on information technology for the state/local government and education markets.