RICHMOND - 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.
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
