Governor McAuliffe announces Technology Award winners

The annual Governor’s Technology Awards were presented to honorees in nine categories at a special ceremony at the Commonwealth of Virginia Innovative Technology Symposium (COVITS) in Richmond on Sept. 9.

On behalf of Governor Terry McAuliffe, Secretary of Technology Karen Jackson presented the awards to a distinguished group of Virginia government entrants, including state and local government and universities.

“I want to congratulate the winners of these awards,” said Governor McAuliffe. “Building a new Virginia economy requires the ability to innovate and find ways to increase efficiency in government. The future is bright for the Commonwealth as these talented groups continue to use technology to make government more efficient, less expensive and more responsive to taxpayers.”

Winners were determined by a panel of government information technology (IT) experts. For 18 years, the Governor’s Technology Awards program has recognized public sector IT projects that have improved government service delivery and efficiency.

Multiple awards were presented in several categories because of the extremely close scores between projects. Executive summaries of each winner’s entries are posted on the COVITS website, http://covits.virginia.gov/winners.html, to provide inspiration and best practice examples to peers and partners.

The 2015 Virginia Governor’s Technology Awards winners, by category:

 

CROSS-BOUNDARY COLLABORATION ON IT INITIATIVES

• Electronic Death Registration System: Virginia Department of Health

 

IT AS EFFICIENCY DRIVER – GOVERNMENT TO CITIZEN

• Real Estate Property Report App: Roanoke County         

• Charlottesville Area Transit Mobile App: City of Charlottesville

 

IT AS EFFICIENCY DRIVER – GOVERNMENT TO BUSINESS

• The C.A.R.E. Application: Virginia State Corporate Commission

• Transportation Network Company Registration: Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles

• GIS-centric Development Management System: Prince William County

• E-GIFT: Virginia Department of Health

 

IT AS EFFICIENCY DRIVER – GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT

• Cloud Technology Partnership for Economic Development: Chesterfield County

 

IT AS EFFICIENCY DRIVER – GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT

• BeneVets Automated Claims Application: Virginia Department of Veterans Services

 

INNOVATIVE USE OF TECHNOLOGY IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT

• Fire Department Tablet Project: City of Lynchburg

• CAD to CAD: York-Poquoson-Williamsburg Regional 9-1-1 Center, James City 9-1-1 Center

 

INNOVATIVE USE OF TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATION

• The Geospatial Semester: James Madison University

• Frictionless High Speed Research Network: Virginia Commonwealth University

 

INNOVATIVE USE OF BIG DATA AND ANALYTICS

• OneSource Data Warehouse: Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services

• Public Safety Operational Data Storage (PODS): Chesterfield County

 

INNOVATIVE USE OF OPEN DATA

• Open Data Portal: City of Richmond

 

BEST CITIZEN PORTAL

• Citizen Portal: City of Newport News

• Virginia Law Portal: Division of Legislative Automated Systems