For Immediate Release
GCN Announces the 24th Annual GCN Award Winners
GCN Announces the 24th Annual GCN Award Winners
(Falls Church, VA, August 10, 2011) -- GCN today announced the ten government agencies whose information technology initiatives have been chosen as the best of 2011. Now in the 24th year, the GCN Awards recognize federal and state & local government organizations for extraordinary IT accomplishments and significant contributions to the performance of their agencies.
Award winners will be profiled in the October 15th issue of the magazine and on gcn.com. They will also be honored at the Annual GCN Awards Gala, Wednesday, October 19th at the Ritz-Carlton in Tysons Corner, VA. This year’s winners will join a list of distinguished past honorees who used information technology to advance agency missions. For more information about this year’s winners, or attending/sponsoring the 2011 GCN Awards Gala, visit http://gcn.com/gala2011.
“The annual GCN Awards honor agencies for their outstanding achievements in the application of information technology to advance their work and the services they provide.” said GCN editor-in-chief Paul McCloskey. “The 2011 agency winners are now part of a tradition of innovation, excellence, and service. We congratulate them for their extraordinary work and their continued dedication to better serving the public sector.”
2011 Agency Award Winners:
MyMedicare.gov - Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Consular Affairs Modernization - State Department
Enterprise E-mail and Collaboration - General Services Administration
Secure Flight Program - Transportation Security Administration
TRICARE Blue Button program - Defense Department Military Health System
Citizen Connect - City of Boston
Vaccine Management and Tracking System - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Modernized e-File - Internal Revenue Service
Combat Service Support Satellite (CSS SATCOM) Network - U.S. Army
Digital Library of Math Functions - National Institutes of Standards and Technology
2011 Agency Award Honorable Mentions:
Enterprise Telecommunications Network - Defense Logistics Agency
Mobile Information Collector Application - U.S. Army Research and Development Center
OZONE Widget Framework-Government Open Source Software - National Security Agency
Indiana Court Information Technology Extranet - Indiana Supreme Court
Agriculture Security Operations Center Security Sensor Array - Agriculture Department
Emergency Response and Removal Program - Environmental Protection Agency
Multistate Tax Data Clearinghouse - Massachusetts Department of Revenue
MilSuite - DOD Program Executive Office
MAX Applications - Education Department
Airport Resource Communication Center - Los Angeles World Airports
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