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For immediate release: October 3, 2007 Contact: Shawn Karrick
NASCIO Awards Outstanding Achievement in the Field of State IT: Selects 11 Winners from 107 Submissions
(Tucson, AZ) - The National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) has selected 11 state IT initiatives in 10 categories to receive 2007 Recognition Awards for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Information Technology in State Government.
NASCIO's Recognition Awards Program, in its 19th consecutive year, features several categories, updated for 2007 to reflect the wide range of IT projects currently under development within state governments. Emphasis was placed on recognizing programs that exemplify best practices, support the public policy goals of state leaders, assist government officials to execute their duties and provide cost-effective services to citizens.
"State information technology best practices should be promoted and shared," said Deputy Director of Information Technology, State of Oklahoma and NASCIO Awards Committee Chair, Joe Fleckinger. "NASCIO's Recognition Awards Program highlights leadership, innovation and collaboration. The program provides a showcase of successful initiatives from across the nation and encourages state governments to continue to focus on efficiency, excellence and quality service to citizens."
Eleven award-winning entries were chosen from 107 submissions by 30 states. NASCIO's Awards committee, comprised of NASCIO state and corporate members representing leading public and private IT organizations selected the 2007 award recipients. The following is a list of award recipients organized by category:
Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery District of Columbia - Unified Communications Center Cross-Boundary Collaboration and Partnerships State of Texas - Data Center Services Project Data, Information and Knowledge Management State of Minnesota - Program Integrity Efforts: Preventing and Eliminating Welfare Fraud Digital Government: Government to Business State of Washington - Enterprise Business Portal Initiative Honorable Mentions: District of Columbia - LSDBE Online State of Delaware - One Stop Business Registration and Licensing Digital Government: Government to Citizen State of Michigan - Michigan.Gov release 2.0 Digital Government: Government to Government State of North Carolina - eCitation Enterprise IT Management Initiatives State of Michigan - Data Center Consolidation Information Communications Technology Innovations Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of Forestry - Integrated Forest Information Resource System Information Security and Privacy State of Michigan - Security 2.0: Next Generation Security Program Commonwealth of Pennsylvania - Information Security Architecture IT Project and Portfolio Management State of North Dakota - Building Project Manager Competencies via the Mentor/Apprentice Relationship
Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery District of Columbia - Unified Communications Center
Cross-Boundary Collaboration and Partnerships State of Texas - Data Center Services Project
Data, Information and Knowledge Management State of Minnesota - Program Integrity Efforts: Preventing and Eliminating Welfare Fraud
Digital Government: Government to Business State of Washington - Enterprise Business Portal Initiative
Honorable Mentions: District of Columbia - LSDBE Online State of Delaware - One Stop Business Registration and Licensing
Digital Government: Government to Citizen State of Michigan - Michigan.Gov release 2.0
Digital Government: Government to Government State of North Carolina - eCitation
Enterprise IT Management Initiatives State of Michigan - Data Center Consolidation
Information Communications Technology Innovations Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of Forestry - Integrated Forest Information Resource System
Information Security and Privacy State of Michigan - Security 2.0: Next Generation Security Program Commonwealth of Pennsylvania - Information Security Architecture
IT Project and Portfolio Management State of North Dakota - Building Project Manager Competencies via the Mentor/Apprentice Relationship
State government projects and initiatives from each of the 50 U.S. states were eligible to be nominated for these prestigious annual awards. Criteria for selection included a description of the business problem and solution including length of time in operation; significance of the project to the improvement of the operation of government; and the public value of the project encompassing benefits realized by service recipients, taxpayers, agency or state, and documented outcomes such as return on investment or cost avoidance data. Full submissions from all nominations are posted on NASCIO's website at www.nascio.org/awards.
NASCIO is the premier network and resource for state Chief Information Officers (CIO) and an effective advocate for information technology policies at all levels of government. NASCIO represents the state chief information officers from the 50 states, U.S. territories and the District of Columbia. Members include cabinet and senior officials from state government who have executive-level and statewide responsibility for information technology leadership. Other IT officials participate as associate members and private sector representatives may become corporate members. For more information about NASCIO visit www.nascio.org.
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Contact Dianne Adams, NASCIO Programs and Education Coordinator at (859) 514-9167 or dadams@AMRms.com, or Shawn Karrick, NASCIO Membership and Communications Coordinator at (859) 514-9156 or skarrick@AMRms.com for more information.
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