Governor Kaine Announces the Winners of the 2009 Governor's Technology Awards
– Winning entries will be shared widely in order to provide inspiration and best practice examples to peers and partners –
WILLIAMSBURG – Governor Timothy M. Kaine today congratulated the winners in Virginia's annual Governor's Technology Award program. Awards were presented at the 11th annual Commonwealth of Virginia Innovative Technology Symposium in Williamsburg and are given for excellence in use of information technology in eight categories, including three that represent the unique challenges of localities, higher education and K-12 education. The Governor's awards program also recognizes excellence in telework programs in both the public and private sector.
"COVITS is the pre-eminent gathering of Virginia's public and private sector IT leaders to share ideas that will make Government 2.0 a reality," Governor Kaine said. "I am proud to extend my congratulations to our winners of this year's Governor's Technology Awards as they pioneer some truly unique and innovative practices."
The winners in each category are:
Online, Not "In Line"
- Virginia Dept of Business Assistance, "Business One Stop"
- Honorable Mention to the Virginia Department of Transportation, "ARRA Reporting Tool"
Cross-boundary Collaboration
- Virginia Departments of Mines, Minerals and Energy and Transportation, "The Digital Signature Project"
IT as Efficiency Driver
- Virginia Department of Emergency Management, "The V.I.P.E.R. Project"
- Honorable Mention to the Virginia Department of Forestry, "The Forest Protection and Mobile Computing Project"
Innovative Use of Technology in Local Government
- The City of Richmond and York County, "The External Alarm Interface Exchange"
Innovative Use of Technology in K-12 Education
- Virginia Department of Education, "Virginia on iTunes U"
- Fairfax County Public Schools, "eCART"
Innovative Use of Technology in Higher Education
- Virginia Community College System, "The Virginia Education Wizard"
- George Mason University, "The Virginia Virtual Computing Lab"
Best Private Sector Telework Initiative
Best Public Sector Telework Initiative
- The State Board of Elections
Honorees were determined independently by a judging panel of Virginia government IT professionals. Judges included representatives of state, local and educational government interests. See www.covits.org for more information.
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