02/20/15 Neighborhood Board Digital Elections wins prestigious Harvard University Kennedy's Ash Center's Bright Idea Award Friday, February 20, 2015 Mayor Caldwell's Press Office: 768-5768 (cell 489-0341) Neighborhood Boards Digital Elections wins prestigious Harvard University Kennedy’s Ash Center’s Bright Idea Award Honolulu – The Neighborhood Board 2013 digital election has been selected by the Harvard Kennedy School’s Ash Center as a Bright Ideas recipient; part of its class of 2015 awardees. The Bright Ideas initiative grew out of the Innovations in American Government awards competition, of which the digital elections is still under consideration for. Bright Ideas serves to further highlight and promote creative government initiatives and partnerships so that government leaders, public servants, and other individuals can learn about noteworthy ideas and can adopt those initiatives that can work in their own communities. Beginning with these Bright Ideas, the Innovations Program seeks to create an open collection of innovations in order to create an online community where innovative ideas can be proposed, shared, and disseminated. Nicole Velasco, Executive Secretary of the Neighborhood Commission, commented that “we are honored to have the pioneering work that has been done in digital elections be recognized on a national stage such as this. The ongoing 2015 Neighborhood Board elections are once again utilizing the digital voting method.” For more information on the Bright Ideas recognition program visit http://www.ash.harvard.edu/Home/Programs/Innovations-in-Government/Awards/Bright-Ideas. For more information on the Neighborhood Board and the board elections, visit www.honolulu.gov/nco. -END- |
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