Through the Prize for Public Service Innovation, the Citizens Budget Commission (CBC) seeks to identify and highlight a New York City or State government agency that demonstrates an innovative approach to providing government services. The CBC awards this prize both to celebrate creative thinking and to share government achievements with the public and other agencies.

The CBC Prize for Public Service Innovation was established in 1997 to recognize and promote successful innovations in the delivery of public services. The Trustees of the CBC instituted a prize schedule that alternates annually between New York City and New York State agencies. Since 1997, six state agencies and six city agencies have received the prize. Past winners include:

2010

University at Albany Nanocollege
NYS Center of Excellence in Nanoelectronics and Nanotechnology

2009

Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Take Care New York

2008

New York State Unified Court System
New York Jury Improvement Project

2007

New York City Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications and the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services
ACCESS NYC

2006

New York State Office of General Services' Procurement Services Group
HIRE Cooperative Purchasing Contracts

2005

New York City Department of Information Technology & Telecommunications
3-1-1 Citizen Service Center

2004

New York State Unified Court System
Center for Court Innovation

2003

New York City Department of Finance
Automated City Register Information System (ACRIS)

2002

New York State Workers' Compensation Board
Management Information, Research, References, and Operational Reports (MIRROR)
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New York State Office for Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities
Supported Employment Internet Reporting System

2001

New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation
Electronic Patient Record System

2000

New York State Metropolitan Transportation Authority
MetroCard and MetroCard Vending Machines

1999

New York City Campaign Finance Board
Increasing public access to information on political campaign contributions

1998

New York State Department of Motor Vehicles
License Renewal by Mail and Private Sector Partnering