The City of Richmond Department of Information Technology (DIT) has recently been recognized for several digital achievements as e.Republic’s Center for Digital Government announced its 2011 Best of the Web and Digital Government Achievement Awards. The City received awards for the Mayor’s Participation Action and Communication Team (MPACT) and the Richmond Grows Gardens Online Permit Application in the Government-to-Citizen City Government category. The City was also listed as a finalist in the 2011 Best of the Web Awards in the City Portal Category. The Digital Government Achievement Awards recognize outstanding agency and department websites and projects at the application and infrastructure level. “These digital achievement awards acknowledge the City’s Department of Information Technology’s dedication of striving to develop new technologies and systems for internal customers and most importantly, the residents of the City of Richmond.”,” said Mayor Dwight C. Jones. “I am proud