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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 CenterCross-Boundary Collaboration and Partnerships
State of Texas - Data Center Services ProjectData, Information and Knowledge Management
State of Minnesota - Program Integrity Efforts: Preventing and Eliminating Welfare FraudDigital Government: Government to Business
State of Washington - Enterprise Business Portal InitiativeHonorable Mentions:
District of Columbia - LSDBE Online
State of Delaware - One Stop Business Registration and LicensingDigital Government: Government to Citizen
State of Michigan - Michigan.Gov release 2.0Digital Government: Government to Government
State of North Carolina - eCitationEnterprise IT Management Initiatives
State of Michigan - Data Center ConsolidationInformation Communications Technology Innovations
Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of Forestry - Integrated Forest Information Resource SystemInformation Security and Privacy
State of Michigan - Security 2.0: Next Generation Security Program
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania - Information Security ArchitectureIT 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.
AMR Management Services provides NASCIO's executive staff. For more information about AMR visit http://www.AMRms.com/.
