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2003 Recipient: The Honorable Tom Davis, Virginia Whether it is advancing the case for enterprise-wide information technology architecture, encouraging the reform of unwieldy federal IT funding policies, or fighting to bring a unified focus on e-government to Washington, Representative Davis has truly been a technology policy champion. In the last two years, Congressman Davis successfully passed several important bills through Congress, including the Digital Tech Corps Act, the E-Gov Act of 2002, the Federal Security Information Security Act, and the Critical Infrastructure Information Act. Davis' strong commitment to working with the states is critical to improving national information technology policies and practices. From left, NASCIO President and Missouri State CIO Gerry Wethington, Congressman Tom Davis and Virginia CIO and Secretary of Technology George Newstrom at NASCIO's 2003 DC Fly-In where the National Technology Champion Award was presented to Congressman Davis.
Congressman Davis is Chairman of the House Committee on Government Reform in the 108th Congress.
NASCIO is proud to present the inaugural National Technology Champion Award to Congressman Davis.
Bio Representative Davis was recently named Chairman of the House Committee on Government Reform in the 108th Congress after serving as Chairman of the newly formed Government Reform Subcommittee on Technology and Procurement Policy since January 2002. He also reclaimed his seat on the Energy and Commerce Committee, and serves on the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet. Representative Davis serves as one of four co-chairs of the Information Technology Working Group, a group he founded to promote a better understanding of issues important to the computer and technology industries. In 1999, he sponsored the Y2K Act, legislation which ensured that businesses spent their money on Y2K compliance rather than saving it for costly lawsuits that might have otherwise arisen. Representative Davis was the recipient of the Electronic Industry Alliance's 1999 Congressional Technology Policy Award and was inducted into the American Electronics Association's High Tech Hall of Fame in Spring 2000. Prior to his election to Congress, Representative Davis was the Chairman of the Board of Supervisors, Fairfax County. Preceding this, Representative Davis served as Vice President and General Counsel of PRC, Inc., a high technology and professional services firm headquartered in McLean, Virginia.
