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THE INDICATORS
 
PART I: KNOWLEDGE JOBS
 
Information Technology Jobs

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Education Level of the Manufacturing Workforce
 
PART II: GLOBALIZATION
 
Export Focus of Manufacturing

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PART III: ECONOMIC DYNAMISM
 
"Gazelle" Jobs

Job Churning

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PART IV: THE DIGITAL ECONOMY
 
Online Population

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Technology in Schools

Digital Government

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Broadband Telecommunications
 
PART V: INNOVATION CAPACITY
 
High-Tech Jobs

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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES
 
Data Sources
 
Weighting Methodology
 
Endnotes
 
The Author

BROWSE BY STATE: Choose State ---------- Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming

PART 4: THE DIGITAL ECONOMY

"The next phase of e-government — breaking down bureaucratic barriers to create functionally-oriented, citizen-centered government Web presences — has only just begun."

WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT? State governments that fully embrace the potential of networked information technologies will not only increase the quality and cut the costs of government services, but also help to foster broader use of information technologies among residents and businesses. In the last few years, state governments have made considerable progress, first putting up Web sites, then using the Internet to allow individuals to interact with government — from paying taxes to renewing drivers' licenses. But the next phase of e-government — breaking down bureaucratic barriers to create functionally oriented, citizen-centered government Web presences designed to give citizens a self-service government — has only just begun. 27

THE RANKINGS: States with a tradition of "good government," such as Michigan, Utah, and Washington, appear to have gone farther along the path toward digital government than states without this tradition. But this relationship is not completely predictive. In part, this may be because digital government efforts appear to be driven by the efforts of particular individuals — governors, secretaries of state, legislative committee chairmen — who believe that their states should move in this direction. In addition, because making the transformation to a digital government is expensive, more populous states with bigger budgets also tend to score higher.

STATES BY RANK Rank State Score 1 Michigan 4.49 2 Washington 4.38 3 Texas 4.34 4 Indiana 4.29 5 Ohio 3.85 6 Pennsylvania 3.85 7 Florida 3.83 8 New York 3.72 9 Maine 3.70 10 California 3.68 11 Kansas 3.60 12 New Jersey 3.60 13 Utah 3.57 14 Maryland 3.57 15 Illinois 3.55 16 North Carolina 3.45 17 South Dakota 3.43 18 North Dakota 3.38 19 Wisconsin 3.33 20 Virginia 3.30 21 Louisiana 3.20 22 Nebraska 3.18 23 Oregon 3.16 24 Arkansas 3.14 25 Connecticut 3.11 26 Minnesota 3.10 27 Massachusetts 3.06 28 Missouri 3.06 29 Nevada 3.03 30 Montana 2.97 31 Georgia 2.95 32 Kentucky 2.89 33 Alaska 2.83 34 Iowa 2.83 35 Colorado 2.79 36 Delaware 2.78 37 South Carolina 2.73 38 Arizona 2.69 39 Idaho 2.60 40 Hawaii 2.54 41 West Virginia 2.16 42 Mississippi 2.11 43 Tennessee 2.07 44 New Hampshire 1.76 45 Rhode Island 1.64 46 Wyoming 1.57 47 Alabama 1.54 48 New Mexico 1.39 49 Oklahoma 1.25 50 Vermont 0.93 U.S. Average 3.00

ALPHABETICALLY Rank State Score 47 Alabama 1.54 33 Alaska 2.83 38 Arizona 2.69 24 Arkansas 3.14 10 California 3.68 35 Colorado 2.79 25 Connecticut 3.11 36 Delaware 2.78 7 Florida 3.83 31 Georgia 2.95 40 Hawaii 2.54 39 Idaho 2.60 15 Illinois 3.55 4 Indiana 4.29 34 Iowa 2.83 11 Kansas 3.60 32 Kentucky 2.89 21 Louisiana 3.20 9 Maine 3.70 14 Maryland 3.57 27 Massachusetts 3.06 1 Michigan 4.49 26 Minnesota 3.10 42 Mississippi 2.11 28 Missouri 3.06 30 Montana 2.97 22 Nebraska 3.18 29 Nevada 3.03 44 New Hampshire 1.76 12 New Jersey 3.60 48 New Mexico 1.39 8 New York 3.72 16 North Carolina 3.45 18 North Dakota 3.38 5 Ohio 3.85 49 Oklahoma 1.25 23 Oregon 3.16 6 Pennsylvania 3.85 45 Rhode Island 1.64 37 South Carolina 2.73 17 South Dakota 3.43 43 Tennessee 2.07 3 Texas 4.34 13 Utah 3.57 50 Vermont 0.93 20 Virginia 3.30 2 Washington 4.38 41 West Virginia 2.16 19 Wisconsin 3.33 46 Wyoming 1.57

Source: Progress & Freedom Foundation, 2001 data; Darrell West, Brown University, 2001 data.

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