AWARDS & RECOGNITION | NASCIO's Technology Champion Award
NASCIO's members recognize the need for strong, cross-jurisdictional leadership to advance sound information technology policy. Each spring NASCIO’s Executive Committee recognizes an individual who has demonstrated a clear understanding of the fundamental role that information technology can play in efficient and effective government operations. The NASCIO Technology Champion Award honors innovative leadership to promote sound information technology solutions, policies and practices. Recipients have a proven track record of sustained interest in and advocacy for IT in the public sector.
Prior Recipients:
 | 2011 National Technology Champions Aneesh Chopra, United States Chief Technology Officer |
 | Vivek Kundra, United States Chief Information Officer |
 | 2010 National Technology Champion Martin O'Malley, Governor, Maryland |
 | 2009 National Technology Champion Tom Carper, Senator, Delaware |
 | 2008 National Technology Champion Peter Harkness, Editor and Publisher, Governing Magazine |
 | 2007 National Technology Champion Cathilea Robinett, Executive Director, Center for Digital Government |
 | 2006 National Technology Champion Secretary Michael Leavitt, US Department of Health and Human Services |
 | 2005 National Technology Champion Jerry Mechling, Lecturer in Public Policy, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University |
 | 2004 National Technology Champion Jim Geringer, Governor of Wyoming 1995 – 2003 |
 | 2003 National Technology Champion Congressman Tom Davis, US House of Representatives, Virginia |
