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	<title>City of Tampa News &amp; Public Notices for Technology and Innovation</title>
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					<title>2008 Digital Cities Winners Announced! - Top-Ranking U.S. Digital Cities Named for 2008</title>
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					<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:50:00 EST</pubDate>			
					<description>&lt;img alt=&quot;Digital Cities Survey&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; src=&quot;http://www.tampagov.net/images/2008DCS.jpg&quot; /&gt;e.Republic's Center for Digital Government and Digital Communities magazine released results of the eighth annual survey which examines how cities use technology to create a seamless environment between local government and constituents.</description>
					
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					<title>Tampa a Winner in the 2007 Digital Cities Survey</title>
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					<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2007 13:25:00 EST</pubDate>			
					<description>The Center for Digital Government today released results of the seventh annual 2007 Digital Cities Survey which examined how cities use technology to create a seamless environment between local government and constituents. &lt;strong&gt;Tampa placed 3rd in the 250,000&lt;/strong&gt; and up population category.</description>
					
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					<title>TampaGov Receives Best of the Web Designation &#8211; Center for Digital Government Awards Tampa Top Ranking</title>
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					<pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2007 14:02:00 EST</pubDate>			
					<description>&lt;img alt=&quot;2007 Best of Web&quot; width=&quot;150&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;http://www.tampagov.net/about_us/tampagov/images/BOW07_Winner_150.gif&quot; /&gt; The City of Tampa has been selected as the &lt;strong&gt;Center for Digital Government&amp;rsquo;s 2007 Best of the Web winner&lt;/strong&gt; in the City Portal category. The Best of the Web is a nationwide annual awards program that evaluates state, city and local government web sites based their innovation, efficiency, economy, and functionality for improved citizen access.</description>
					
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					<title>New TampaGov Home Page</title>
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					<pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2007 16:13:00 EST</pubDate>			
					<description>The 9th generation home TampaGov&amp;nbsp;page was&amp;nbsp;implemented (&lt;a src=&quot;http://www.tampagov.net/about_us/tampagov/images/ImageViewer/9th_generation_home_page.jpg&quot;&gt;archived image&lt;/a&gt;), delivering a contemporary look and feel, with stronger content organization and standardized navigation consistent throughout the site.</description>
					
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					<title>New Find a Tampa Neighborhood Facility</title>
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					<pubDate>Tue, 8 May 2007 15:59:00 EST</pubDate>			
					<description>The &lt;a src=&quot;http://www.tampagov.net/appl_neighborhoods/&quot;&gt;Find a Tampa Neighborhood&lt;/a&gt; facility provides up-to-date information access to the organized City of Tampa neighborhoods; specific neighborhood access is linked via a map, by entering an address, or by selecting a neighborhood through a menu of neighborhood names; information includes neighborhood association contacts, neighborhood meeting schedules, photographs, area demographics, land use, printable maps, and unique characteristics such as City Council districts, evacuation and flood zones, hospitals, libraries, parks, and schools.</description>
					
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					<title>MyTampaAddress Mapping Facility Enhanced</title>
					<link>http://www.tampagov.net/appl_tampa_announcements/ViewRelease.asp?ReleaseID=4193</link>
					<pubDate>Tue, 8 May 2007 15:57:00 EST</pubDate>			
					<description>&lt;a src=&quot;http://www.tampagov.net/msg?ID=491&quot;&gt;MyTampaAddress mapping facility&lt;/a&gt; enhanced to provide direct access to a specific address attribute of interest such as City Council District, Evacuation Zone, Lawn Watering Restrictions, Neighborhood, Property Tax File, Street Sweeping Schedule and more.</description>
					
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					<title>TampaGov Re-architected</title>
					<link>http://www.tampagov.net/appl_tampa_announcements/ViewRelease.asp?ReleaseID=4192</link>
					<pubDate>Tue, 8 May 2007 15:54:00 EST</pubDate>			
					<description>&lt;a src=&quot;http://www.tampagov.net/about_us/tampagov/&quot;&gt;TampaGov re-architected&lt;/a&gt; with uniform access areas for the portal and all City departments for the following categories: About Us, Contact Us, Frequently Asked Questions, Information Resources, News and Events; and Programs and Services.</description>
					
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					<title>TampaGov Receives A+ in 2006 National Policy Research Council Excellence in Egovernment Project</title>
					<link>http://www.tampagov.net/appl_tampa_announcements/ViewRelease.asp?ReleaseID=4196</link>
					<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2007 16:58:00 EST</pubDate>			
					<description>&lt;img height=&quot;94&quot; alt=&quot;2006 NPRC E Award logo&quot; width=&quot;45&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;http://www.tampagov.net/about_us/tampagov/images/2006-E-Govt-Award-Logo.jpg&quot; /&gt;The&amp;nbsp;&lt;a src=&quot;http://www.tampagov.net/about_us/tampagov/citizen_comments_and_media_recognition/2006_National_Policy_Research_Council_Excellence_in_Egovernment_Award.asp&quot;&gt;National Policy Research Council Excellence in Egovernment&lt;/a&gt; project, generously sponsored by Brother, Microsoft, Oracle, Onvia, and Tessco, reviewed the websites of every official government in the country -- over 11,000 in total -- and awarded each site points for possessing features that make it efficient and effective at providing E-Government to the citizens its serves. &lt;strong&gt;Among these thousands of sites, TampaGov was one of only eighteen to receive an A+ on its score report card.&lt;/strong&gt;</description>
					
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					<title>Stormwater Capital Improvement Projects</title>
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					<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2007 13:48:00 EST</pubDate>			
					<description>A new &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tampagov.net/dept_stormwater/programs_and_services/Capital_Improvement_Projects/&quot;&gt;Stormwater Capital Improvement Projects&lt;/a&gt; service has been&amp;nbsp;introduced to provide information on current and planned capital improvement projects for the next five years, including interactive maps, photos and other related documents.</description>
					
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					<title>News &amp; Public Notices Enhanced</title>
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					<pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2007 16:17:00 EST</pubDate>			
					<description>The &lt;a src=&quot;http://www.tampagov.net/appl_tampa_announcements/default.asp?txtGroupValue=All&quot;&gt;News &amp;amp; Public Notices&lt;/a&gt; service has been enhanced to allow a single news item to be displayed on multiple news listings.</description>
					
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					<title>Museum Membership Application And Renewal Service Redesign</title>
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					<pubDate>Thu, 4 Jan 2007 15:13:00 EST</pubDate>			
					<description>The&amp;nbsp;&lt;a src=&quot;http://www.tampagov.net/msg?ID=197&quot;&gt;Museum Membership Application and Renewal&lt;/a&gt; service user interface has been upgraded to provide a more streamlined and user friendly look and feel. This service provides the ability to start a new membership, renew an existing membership or give one as a gift.</description>
					
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