Awards
Digital Awards
Oakland County was ranked fourth in the nation by the Center for Digital Government in their 2022 Digital Counties Survey.
2nd Place Overall County Government Experience Award Winner in 2022 by the Center for Digital Government.
Kaitlin Keeler, Marketing & Communications Officer, received the 2022 Social Media Professional of the Year by Government Social Media Organization’s Golden Post Awards.
Received 2022 Civic Education and Public Information Achievement Award for the One-by-One Coordinated Vaccine Communications & Community Engagement from the National Association of Counties (NACo)
IT Awards
Received 2022 National Association of Counties (NACo) Achievement Awards for: Access Database Health Check - Measuring Risk, Automated Call Distribution Transformation, Probation Hotline, and Security Investment Assessment.
Oakland County was ranked seventh in the nation by the Center for Digital Government in their 2021 Digital Counties Survey.
Winner of County Government Experience Project Award from the Center for Digital Government in recognition of the #OaklandTogether COVID-19 Tribute.
Named Best in Category for Civic Education and Public Information in 2021 by the National Association of Counties (NACo).
Oakland County was ranked seventh in the nation by the Center for Digital Government in their 2020 Digital Counties Survey.
Finalist in Overall County Government Experience by the Center for Digital Government.
Received 2020 National Association of Counties Achievement Awards for: CLEMIS Fire Integrated Records System (CFIRS), Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Approved Data Center, as well as Security and Flexibility through SIEM and Monitoring.
Oakland County was honored to serve as a judge for the Center for Digital Government 2019 Overall County Government Experience Awards after receiving 1st place the two consecutive years prior. Oakland County received a 2019 Project Award for The College Connection Series.
Oakland County Received 2019 National Association of Counties Achievement Awards for: Capacity Plan Reporting, Software Defined Data Center, and The Wilder Side of Nature Education Program.
Oakland County was ranked seventh in the nation by the Center for Digital Government in their 2019 Digital Counties Survey.
Ranked 1st Place for Overall County Government Experience by the Center for Digital Government the second year in a row, and also received a 2018 Project Award for the Crowdsourced Maps Project.
Oakland County Won 1st Place Golden Post Award for Best Use of Crowdsourcing with the Holiday Lights Crowdsourcing Map.
Oakland County received 2018 NACo Achievement Awards from the National Association of Counties for its Access Oakland Opioid Portal, Accessible Video Program, Holiday Lights Crowdsourced Map, and the 2018 Human Trafficking Public Awareness Campaign in partnership with the Board of Commissioners.
Oakland County was ranked fourth in the nation by the Center for Digital Government in their 2018 Digital Counties Survey.
Ranked 1st Place in the Inaugural Overall County Government Experience by the Center for Digital Government, and also received a 2017 Project Award for Social Media Strategy & Policy.
Oakland County received 2017 NACo Achievement Awards from the National Association of Counties for its Website Transformation Strategy, ‘College Series’ Civic Education and Public Information campaign, GIS Road Show: ‘Bringing Back the Maps,’ Inmate Locator Service with the Oakland County Sheriff, and the ‘LOCK-IT-UP Oakland’ Initiative in partnership with the Board of Commissioners.
Oakland County was ranked second in the nation by the Center for Digital Government in their 2017 Digital Counties Survey.
Oakland County received 2016 Achievement Awards for its GeoVision GIS Self-Assessment Tool, G2G Marketplace, County Executive’s Elite 40 Under 40 Program, Social Media Strategy & Policy, Digital Editorial Process and Map of the Month Program.
Oakland County was ranked fifth in the nation by the Center for Digital Government in their 2016 Digital Counties Survey.
Oakland County was ranked third in the nation by the Center for Digital Government in their 2015 Digital Counties Survey.
Oakland County placed first in the 2014 Best of the Web County Portal Category by the Center for Digital Government.
Oakland County received 2014 Achievement Awards for its Cyber Incident Response Plan, G2G Cloud Solutions - Over the Counter Payments, and Virtual Collaboration.
Oakland County was ranked fourth in the nation by the Center for Digital Government in their 2014 Digital Counties Survey.
Oakland County was awarded with the 2013 Digital Government Achievement Award for its eCommerce Expansion from the Center for Digital Government.
Oakland County was ranked fourth in the nation by the Center for Digital Government in their 2013 Digital Counties Survey.
Oakland County received 2013 Achievement Awards for MI Great Artist:Visual Art Competition, MI Trade School, Versal Code, Web Content and eCommerce Methodology from the National Association of Counties.
Oakland County has been recognized in 2012 as being one of ten city, county and state governments as the country's leaders in the innovative application of Web 2.0 technologies and civic/social media tools by the Public Technology Institute (PTI).
Oakland County's G2G Cloud Solutions and Property Gateway were both awarded with the 2012 Digital Government Achievement Award from the Center for Digital Government.
Oakland County was ranked second in the nation by the Center for Digital Government in their 2012 Digital Counties Survey.
Oakland County received 2012 Achievement Awards for Transparency Dashboard and Best of Category for G2G Cloud Solutions from the National Association of Counties.
Oakland County's Mobile Touch was awarded with a 2011 Digital Government Achievement Award from the Center for Digital Government.
Oakland County was ranked fourth in the nation by the Center for Digital Government in their 2011 Digital Counties Survey.
Oakland County received 2011 Achievement Awards for Advanced Payment System for Local Municipalities, Mobile Touch, NetVolunteers from the National Association of Counties.
Oakland County placed third in the 2010 Best of the Web County Portal Category by the Center for Digital Government.
Oakland County's Destination Oakland Portal was awarded with a 2010 Digital Government Achievement Award from the Center for Digital Government. Honorable mention also went to Oakland County's Cost Reduction/Investment Blog, on the County’s employee Intranet.
Oakland County was ranked fifth in the nation by the Center for Digital Government in their 2010 Digital Counties Survey.
Oakland County received 2010 Achievement Awards for the Cost Reduction/Investment Blog, Cross-Boundary Email/Texting Alert Network, Health and Human Services Communication Portal (HHSCP), and Personal Property eFile from the National Association of Counties.
Oakland County has been named the most digitally advanced county in America by the Center for Digital Government and the National Association of Counties (NACo) in their 2009 Digital Counties Survey. The 2009 Digital Counties Survey is an annual study by the Center and NACo which identifies best practices and recognizes those counties with exemplary digital service to their citizens.
Oakland County was awarded the 2009 Best Application Serving a Public Organization award for its Cost Reduction/Investment Blog, by the State of Michigan and Government Technology Magazine. In addition, the Oakland County Video Center also won an award for the 2009 Best Application Serving the Public.
Oakland County has won two international 2009 Digital Government Achievement Awards from the Center for Digital Government for our Video Center and Blogin’ Café.
Oakland County received 2009 Achievement Awards for the Video Center, Blogin' Café and the Animal Control Census System from the National Association of Counties.
Oakland County was named the number one government website in the 2008 Best of the Web County Portal Category by the Center for Digital Government.
Oakland County was awarded the 2008 Best Application Serving a Public Organization's Business Needs Award by the State of Michigan and Government Technology Magazine.
Oakland County was ranked second in the nation by the Center for Digital Government in their 2008 Digital Counties Survey.
Oakland County received 2008 Achievement Awards, for the Podcasts Project, from the National Association of Counties.
Oakland County and Canton Public Safety were awarded with the 2007 Best IT Collaboration Amongst Organizations Award, by the State of Michigan and Government Technology Magazine.
Oakland County placed second in the 2007 Best of the Web County Portal Category by the Center for Digital Government.
Oakland County's Mobile Services was awarded with a 2007 Digital Government Achievement Award from the Center for Digital Government.
Oakland County was ranked 6th in the nation by the Center for Digital Government in their 2007 Digital Counties Survey.
Oakland County received 2007 Achievement Awards, for the Mobile Services Pilot and the Floodplain Redelineation Project from the National Association of Counties.
Oakland County received the 2007 VIP Vision Award for innovative use of products in IT management by Computer Associates.
Oakland County was recognized with three 2006 Excellence in Technology Awards by the State of Michigan and Government Technology Magazine at the 2006 Michigan Digital Government Summit.
Identity and Access Management, Best Application Serving a Public Organization's Business Needs Award OakVideo, Most Innovative Use of Technology Award
The Center for Digital Government recognized Oakland County's OakVideo with a 2006 Digital Government Achievement Award. Oakland County was also named as a 2006 Best of the Web County Portal Finalist by the Center for Digital Government.
Oakland County was ranked 4th in the country by the Center for Digital Government in their 2006 Digital Counties Survey. Oakland County was also ranked in the Top Ten Digital Governments for 2005.
Oakland County's OakVideo digital arraignment system was named a 2006 CIO Magazine Top 100 Award Honoree.
2006 Achievement Awards, awarded by the National Association of Counties, were given to Oakland County's Criminal Justice Data Warehouse and the Department of Information Technology's Identity and Access Management Program.
2005 Achievement Awards from the National Association of Counties were given to the Oakland County CLEMIS Community CrimeWatch law enforcement Web site program and the OakSource enterprise portal and employee self-service human resources system.
Oakland County was named among the 2004 Agile 100 by CIO Magazine.
2004 Achievement Awards were given to Oakland County's Vital Records online service, eHealth well and septic permitting application, and the Department of Information Technology's Thin Client program by the National Association of Counties.
2004 Best IT Project, awarded to Oakland County's Vital Records online service by the Michigan Association of Governmental Computer Users.
2004 Best of the Web county portal finalist, awarded to Oakland County by the Center for Digital Government.
2002 eGovernance Silver Award of Distinction, awarded to Oakland County by the National Academy of Public Administration.
2002 Favorite Michigan Web Sites, awarded to Oakland County by the Detroit Free Press.
GIS Awards
Oakland County, MI has made a significant investment of both time and dollars in geographic information systems (GIS) since the 1990s. Throughout that time, GIS technology has evolved from complex desktop software requiring hours of technical training to web-based, intuitive mapping and spatial analysis tools. Oakland County has continually been recognized for the efforts by various organizations.
- 2018 - Civic Education and Public Information Award
- 2018 - Information Technology Award: Opioid Open Data Site
- 2017 - GIS Road Show: Bring Back the Maps
- 2016 - Map of the Month
- 2015 - Space Allocation
- 2013 - Property Gateway
- 2013 - Collaborative Asset Management System (CAMS)
- 2011 - Facilities Management Campus Energy Map
- 2011 - E Health Mobile
- 2009 - Animal Control Census System
- 2012 - Cartographic Design Category, Oakland County Civil War
- 2012 - People's Choice Category, Oakland County Civil War
- 2001 - GIS For Everyone, GIS Department
- 2006 - Exemplary Systems in Government, eHealth Well & Septic Permitting System
- 1999 - Exemplary Systems in Government, Oakland County Enterprise Geographic Information Systems
- 2018 – Golden Post Award, Best Use of Crowdsourcing
- 2018 - Crowdsourced Maps