2008 GCN AWARDS
10 project teams and 5 leaders whose vision, persistence and innovation put the best available technologies to work in government. <@VM>SIDEBAR: Honorable Mention
Government Computer News is honoring 10 government agencies and
five executives whose information technology initiatives are being
recognized as the best of 2008.
The GCN Awards embody one of the most sought after and respected
accolades in government IT, and GCN's fall awards gala
attracts a perennial 'Who's Who' across
government and industry. Now in their 21st year, the GCN Awards
recognize federal, state and local government for extraordinary IT
accomplishments and significant contributions to the performance of
their agencies.
"Government IT remains a huge and vital market. The annual GCN
Awards honor innovation and exemplary efforts to use IT to better
serve the public and improve agency performance,' said GCN
Editor in Chief Wyatt Kash. 'This year's agency winners
become part of a tradition of excellence and service. We applaud
them and their continued dedication to serving the public
sector.'
The 2008 GCN agency award winners are:
Alabama Department of Homeland Security
VirtualAlabama
General Services Administration
The Officeof Acquisition Systems' Integrated AcquisitionEnvironment
Office of the Director of National
Intelligence
IntelligenceCommunity Enterprise Solutions
Air Force Material Command, Robins Air Force
Base
Air ForceGlobal Enterprise Tracking System
Agriculture Department
The Animaland Plant Health Inspection Service's PhytosanitaryCertificate Issuance and Tracking system
Health and Human Services Department
InformationCollection Request, Review and Approval System
Housing and Urban Develoment Department
NationalHousing Locator System
Labor Department
GovBenefits.gov
Environmental Protection Agency
GeoDataGateway and EPA Metadata Editor
Navy
NavyEnterprise Resource Planning Program
'
INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
GCN Hall of Fame
KarenEvans, administrator for e-government and information technology atthe Office of Management and Budget
GCN Hall of Fame
CharlesCroom, former director of the Defense Information SystemsAgency
Civilian IT Executive of the Year
MollyO'Neill, chief information officer at the EnvironmentalProtection Agency
Defense IT Executive of the Year
KenHeitkamp, former Air Force assistant chief information officer forlife cycle management
Industry IT Executive of the Year
CurtKolcun, vice president of Microsoft's FederalDivision
HONORABLE MENTION
ENERGY DEPARTMENT, NATIONAL
NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INFORMATION
OFFICERTook a bold approach, using Security Assurance Markup Language, in
consolidating systems and deploying NNSA's new, Enterprise
Secure Network.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, OFFICE OF THE CHIEF TECHNOLOGY
OFFICER
Cut construction time and costs in half for a new facility by
introducing a new wiki-based procurement tool that fostered
collaboration and transparency.
FBI REGIONAL COMPUTER FORENSIC LABORATORY UNIT
Reduced forensic examination times by 25 percent to 30 percent with
a new Case Agent Investigative Review tool that processes digital
evidence more effectively.
NEBRASKA OFFICE OF THE CIO, NETWORK SERVICES
SECTION
Improved emergency response capabilities with a new Mobile Disaster
Recovery Communications vehicle providing interoperable, multimodal
communications.
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE
Developed a benchmark enterprise architecture framework and
implementation strategy for an Information Sharing Environment now
being adopted across the federal government.
OHIO OFFICE OF THE TREASURER
Dramatically increased the use of state investment funds by
creating a new, automated GrowNOW Online Economic Development
Application System.
ARMY
Significantly enhanced the accuracy of millions of medical records
captured in the MC4 casualty care program, helping to improve
medical care decisions.
CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES VERIFICATION
DIVISION
Engineered significant system upgrades to support rapidly
escalating number of data queries in CIS' E-Verify and
Systematic Alien Verification and Entitlements systems.
U.S. JOINT FORCES COMMAND
Launched the HarmonieWeb Global Online Disaster Relief
Collaboration Environment ' an Internet-accessible
communications platform to coordinate civil and military responses
to multinational disasters.
MILITARY HEALTH SYSTEM, OFFICE OF DEFENSE HEALTH SERVICES
SYSTEMS
Improved the quality, safety and efficiency of health care for 9.2
million Military Health System beneficiaries by building the
Clinical Data Mart, which dramatically improved data query and
processing times.