County Earns National Recognition for GIS Project and Digital Excellence

The National Association of Counties (NACo) recently recognized the Chester County Department of Computing and Information Services (DCIS) as a 2024 Achievement Award recipient for its Chester County GIS Productivity Tools and Applications project. DCIS developed a series of GIS - Geographic Information Systems - tools for use by staff across County Government departments that not only increase productivity, but reduce, and in some instances, eliminate unnecessary costs.

Chester County was also lauded by NACo and The Center for Digital Government for maintaining its top-ten digital ranking for counties with populations between 500,000 and 999,999. In reviewing Chester County's efforts to improve its digital, citizen and government experience through technology and leadership, the judges noted DCIS' upskilling of existing staff, providing new opportunities for innovation, and work with all County departments to identify challenges where tech solutions can help.

In a joint statement, Chester County Commissioners Josh Maxwell, Marian Moskowitz, and Eric Roe said, "As part of their service to county residents and their fellow employees, staff in DCIS continually look at ways to increase productivity, enhance digital services and technology, and optimize taxpayer dollars. Their use of tools and applications that track progress and performance, and their focus on ways that new technologies like AI and cybersecurity monitoring can innovate and improve services, deserve the recognition they have received. We congratulate them!"