NASCIO Announces Finalists for NASCIO 2024 State IT Recognition Awards

Lexington, Kentucky, Tuesday, September 10, 2024 —The National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) has announced finalists for the NASCIO 2024 State IT Recognition Awards. This year over 120 submissions were received from NASCIO member states and territories and over 55 NASCIO members served as volunteer judges. 

The award entries showcase the use of information technology to address critical business problems, more easily connect citizens to their government, improve business processes and create new opportunities that improve the lives of citizens. The recipients will be announced at the awards and recognition dinner at the NASCIO 2024 Annual Conference.  

 

Award finalists for the 2024 State IT Recognition Awards are: 

Business Process Innovations 

State of Hawai’i: AI-Powered Statewide Branch Services Desk 

State of Ohio: Ex Parte Medicaid Renewals: Innovation in a Loop 

State of Tennessee: Automating our Way to the Top: The Evolution of Tennessee’s Business Process Automation Program  

 

Cross-Boundary Collaboration & Partnerships 

State of Hawai’i: Hawaii’s Career Acceleration Navigator 

State of Iowa: Setoff Success: Reforming State Finances 

State of Ohio: Find What You Need in a SNAP! Redesigned Notices Created by and for Ohioans 

State of Tennessee: Tennessee’s State-Local Cybersecurity Superheroes: a Partnership that’s Saving the Day, One NCSR Assessment at a Time 

 

Cybersecurity 

State of Illinois: When the Cicadas Fade, Security Concerns Still Remain 

State of Minnesota: Turning Risk into Reward with Cyber Risk Quantification 

State of Ohio: Teaching Old Dogs a New Trick for Digital Identity Verification 

North Carolina: Central Funding for Cybersecurity Tools to Ensure Holistic Visibility and Response  

 

Data Management, Analytics & Visualization 

State of Georgia: Dashboards Show Highs, Lows of Healthcare Workforce 

State of Ohio: Ohio’s Nursing Home Quality Navigator 

State of Minnesota: Minnesota IT Services Data-Driven Solutions: Improving Access to Food for Minnesota’s Most Vulnerable Children  

 

Digital Services: Government to Business 

State of California: CalGenetic Portal—GDSP Program Portal for Clinician Licensing and Prenatal Orders and Results  

State of Minnesota: Filling the Childcare Gap: Licensing Innovation in Minnesota  

State of North Carolina: Rapid Modernization of the Unemployment Insurance Tax System

 

Digital Services: Government to Citizen  

State of Colorado: Supporting FAMLI(es) and Empowering Lives 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts: Commonwealth Digital Roadmap 

State of Tennessee: Simple, Stable and Scalable: The Evolution of Tennessee’s Unemployment Insurance Benefits System 

 

Emerging & Innovative Technologies  

State of Hawai’i: Geospatial Decision Support System 

State of Tennessee: Elevating TennCare: a Dynamic Leap into Efficiency through Cloud Modernization 

State of Wisconsin: A View from the Cloud 

 

Enterprise IT Management Initiatives 

State of Michigan: Building a World Class IT Call Center 

State of Tennessee: Tenncare Enterprise Tools: From Everything Everywhere to All-in-One Place  

State of Washington: Transforming Transportation: Excellence in Data Center Modernization  

 

Information Communications Technology (ICT) Innovations  

State of Georgia: Georgia’s Orchard Web Design System: Groomed for Good Harvest 

State of Michigan: Michigan Addresses Confidentiality Program 

State of North Carolina: NC OneMap: A Unified Data Platform Closing the Digital Divide in North Carolina  

 

State CIO Office Special Recognition 

State of Illinois: Ctrl+Alt+Elite | IT Careers Start @ DoIT 

State of Michigan: Revolutionizing Smart Benefit Systems 

State of Missouri: Digital Transformation is a Journey: Building Missouri’s Digital State 

 

To review these and other submissions, please visit NASCIO’s Awards Library: www.NASCIO.org/awards 

Contact
Meredith Ward
Deputy Executive Director
National Association of State Chief Information Officers
859.514.9209
[email protected]