AWARDS & RECOGNITION | 2003 National Technology Champion Award
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.
