2008 Robert J. Colborn, Jr. Innovation Award
Recipient: Arkansas Secretary of State
Presentation: Sunday, July 27, 2008  | (Left) Editor Jon Davidson accepted the award on behalf of Arkansas Secretary of State Charlie Daniels' office from Dennis Stevenson, chair of the Colborn Innovation Committee. |
Background: Members of the Colborn Innovation Committee received a nomination package from an ACR member who was aware of Mr. Davidson's ongoing effort to bring rules from a card-catalog system to an online archive system.
Executive Summary (provided online per ACR Bylaws) In 2003 the Arkansas General Assembly passed Act 1478 which mandated Arkansas rules to be posted on the Secretary of State's Web site. Less than 10 years earlier the state made the move for administrative rule filings to be maintained in three-ring binders and a card catalog system. The text of the first rule notice was published in the fall of 2003. Last summer his office introduced a search engine to help users find rules online. As we have all found out in the rulemaking world, web expansion of rules improves the efficiency and accuracy of the Secretary of State's records management. Posting the rulemaking activity online has opened the entire process to those who might not have known about a rulemaking action under the paper-only system. Last year Jon also talked about database revamping to expedite the posting of rules.
Committee Statement: Members of the Colborn Innovation Committee recognized Arkansas as the recipient for a number of factors including Mr. Davidson's efforts to modernize the filing system and make more information available to the public through a searchable online database. 2008 ACR Robert J. Colborn Jr. Committee: Chair: Dennis Stevenson, Admin. Rules Coordinator, State of Idaho, Boise, Idaho, Ph. 208-332-1820
Member: Nancy Reddy, Kansas Register Director, Kansas Secretary of State, Topeka, Kansas, Ph. 785-296-3489
Member: Judy Cooper, Manager, Administrative Law Division, West Virginia Sec. of State, Charleston, West Virginia, Ph. 304-558-6000
Other Award Recipients: - 2007 -- Colorado Secretary of State
- 2006 -- Idaho Department of Health and Welfare
- 2004 -- Office of the Federal Register
- 2003 -- Missouri Secretary of State, Administrative Rules Division
- 2002 -- Virginia Department of Planning and Budget, Virginia Regulatory Townhall
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