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For immediate release: August 14, 2008 Contact: Shawn Karrick
NASCIO Announces Finalists in Recognition Awards for Outstanding Achievement in State IT
(Lexington, KY) – The National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) has selected 30 state IT initiatives in 10 categories as finalists for the 2008 Recognition Awards for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Information Technology in State Government.
NASCIO’s Recognition Awards Program, celebrating its 20th consecutive year, features categories reflecting 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, represent an innovative use of existing technology or a use of new technology, assist government officials to efficiently execute their duties, provide cost-effective service to citizens and are transferable to other agencies or units of government.
“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. “Recognizing NASCIO’s twentieth year of the program, NASCIO’s leadership has revised the process and expanded recognition to a field of finalists. The program provides a showcase of innovative initiatives from across the nation and encourages state governments to continue to focus on efficiency, excellence and quality service to citizens.”
Thirty exemplary initiatives were chosen as finalists from 114 submissions by 30 states. NASCIO’s Awards committee, comprised of NASCIO state and corporate members representing leading public and private IT organizations selected the 2008 award finalists. One initiative in each category will be honored as the award recipient during the State Dinner and Award Presentation at NASCIO’s Annual Conference on September 23 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
The following is a list of award finalists organized by category:
Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery State of California - Computer Aided Dispatch System State of Michigan - Enterprise Storage, Backup & Recovery State of Minnesota - Health-Related Licensing Boards Continuation of Operations Plan Cross-Boundary Collaboration and Partnerships State of California - Los Angeles Regional Transportation Management Center State of Michigan - Michigan Surface Water Information Management System (MiSWIMS) State of Tennessee - eHealth Exchange Zone: The Nation's First Statewide Health Information Network Data, Information and Knowledge Management State of California - California's eBudget Solution Commonwealth of Pennsylvania - JNET Statewide Consolidated Warrant Search Commonwealth of Virginia - Virginia Knowledge Center Digital Government: Government to Business District of Columbia - CBE Resource Center: Promoting the Home Field Advantage State of Hawaii - Hawaii Compliance Express State of Oklahoma - Oklahoma State Treasurer's Electronic Trading System Digital Government: Government to Citizen District of Columbia - The CapStat Website: Building a City that Works State of Michigan - Direct Certification Program State of Minnesota - RxPrice Compare Digital Government: Government to Government State of Michigan - Wildland Fire Application State of Minnesota - Applications for Road Closures, Routing and Common Operating Picture for the I-35W Bridge Collapse Commonwealth of Pennsylvania - National Hydrography Dataset Data Stewardship and Enterprise Water Applications Enterprise IT Management Initiatives State of California - Office of Systems Integration: Large Project Management State of Missouri - Active Directory & E-Mail Consolidation Project Commonwealth of Virginia - Virginia Information Technology Infrastructure Partnership Information Communications Technology Innovations State of Arkansas - Implementing the Arkansas Wireless Information Network (AWIN) State of California - Telecommunications Infrastructure Replacement Project State of Michigan - MI Drive Web Site Project Information Security and Privacy State of Michigan - Utilizing PCI Compliance to Improve Enterprise Risk Management Commonwealth of Pennsylvania - Security Incident Response Process Commonwealth of Virginia - Information Security: Interlocking Spheres of Collaborative Protection IT Project and Portfolio Management District of Columbia - Tapping into the Stock Market Model for Washington, DC’s IT Governance State of North Carolina - Software Quality Assurance (SQA) Services Offered in a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) Delivery Model Commonwealth of Pennsylvania - Enterprise Program Management Office: A Focus on Project Management Commitment
Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery State of California - Computer Aided Dispatch System State of Michigan - Enterprise Storage, Backup & Recovery State of Minnesota - Health-Related Licensing Boards Continuation of Operations Plan
Cross-Boundary Collaboration and Partnerships State of California - Los Angeles Regional Transportation Management Center State of Michigan - Michigan Surface Water Information Management System (MiSWIMS) State of Tennessee - eHealth Exchange Zone: The Nation's First Statewide Health Information Network
Data, Information and Knowledge Management State of California - California's eBudget Solution Commonwealth of Pennsylvania - JNET Statewide Consolidated Warrant Search Commonwealth of Virginia - Virginia Knowledge Center
Digital Government: Government to Business District of Columbia - CBE Resource Center: Promoting the Home Field Advantage State of Hawaii - Hawaii Compliance Express State of Oklahoma - Oklahoma State Treasurer's Electronic Trading System
Digital Government: Government to Citizen District of Columbia - The CapStat Website: Building a City that Works State of Michigan - Direct Certification Program State of Minnesota - RxPrice Compare
Digital Government: Government to Government State of Michigan - Wildland Fire Application State of Minnesota - Applications for Road Closures, Routing and Common Operating Picture for the I-35W Bridge Collapse Commonwealth of Pennsylvania - National Hydrography Dataset Data Stewardship and Enterprise Water Applications
Enterprise IT Management Initiatives State of California - Office of Systems Integration: Large Project Management State of Missouri - Active Directory & E-Mail Consolidation Project Commonwealth of Virginia - Virginia Information Technology Infrastructure Partnership
Information Communications Technology Innovations State of Arkansas - Implementing the Arkansas Wireless Information Network (AWIN) State of California - Telecommunications Infrastructure Replacement Project State of Michigan - MI Drive Web Site Project
Information Security and Privacy State of Michigan - Utilizing PCI Compliance to Improve Enterprise Risk Management Commonwealth of Pennsylvania - Security Incident Response Process Commonwealth of Virginia - Information Security: Interlocking Spheres of Collaborative Protection
IT Project and Portfolio Management District of Columbia - Tapping into the Stock Market Model for Washington, DC’s IT Governance State of North Carolina - Software Quality Assurance (SQA) Services Offered in a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) Delivery Model Commonwealth of Pennsylvania - Enterprise Program Management Office: A Focus on Project Management Commitment
State government projects and initiatives from the member states, territories, and the District of Columbia were eligible to be nominated for these prestigious annual awards. Criteria for selection included a description of the business problem and solution, significance of the project to the improvement of the operation of government, and the benefits of the project. 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 CIOs and a leading advocate for technology policy at all levels of government. NASCIO represents state chief information officers and information technology executives from the states, territories, and the District of Columbia. The primary state government members are senior officials who have executive level and statewide responsibility for information technology leadership. State officials who are involved in agency level information technology management may participate as state members. Representatives from other public sector and non-profit organizations may also participate as associate members. Private sector firms may join as corporate members and participate in the Corporate Leadership Council.
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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 www.AMRms.com.
