The Michigan Excellence in Technology Awards Program was established to salute IT professionals in Michigan state and local government organizations for their dedication, hard work and contributions. All government organizations in Michigan are invited to submit nominations. An Evaluation Committee will review submissions and select recipients in each category. Awards will be provided in the categories of Leadership and Project Excellence. All projects nominated must be live, production systems.
Leadership Awards will be given for:
Demonstrated Leadership in Management of Information Technology
Demonstrated Excellence in Project Management
Visionary Award
Development Awards will be given for:
Best Application Serving a Public Organization's Business Needs
Best Application Serving the Public
Best IT Collaboration Among Organizations
Most Innovative Use of Technology
Required Information for Submissions:
Leadership Award Questions
Development Award Questions
Michigan Excellence in Technology Awards instructions:
Submissions accepted from through September 16, 2008
1) Please review the nomination categories and descriptions with appropriate staff and nominate your highest priority candidates.
2) If you have any difficulty using the web-based submission system, please contact Taia Bonewitz at (916) 932-1467 for assistance. You may leave a voice message at any time or send a text message to tbonewitz@govtech.com.
3) Please write clear, concise statements, and spell the first use of all acronyms. Assume that the readers are not familiar with your organization's roles, responsibilities or jargon. Please briefly describe the context (where appropriate) in your responses, so the reader can understand the program area that the technology is being applied to, what the project was designed to address, and the results. The nomination submission is the complete entry. No additional documentation will be reviewed.
4) The recipients, as determined by the Evaluation Committee, will be recognized at a formal ceremony to be held as part of the Michigan Digital Government Summit. A reception will follow the ceremony.
Thank you for your participation.
Note to applicants:
The best way to negotiate the application Web page is to copy the Leadership and Development Award questions below and paste them into a Word document. Then, in the Word document, answer, research and rewrite to your satisfaction. When you are ready to submit, click the "Proceed to Entry Form" button at the bottom of this screen and then simply copy and paste your answers into the appropriate fields.
Leadership Award Questions
- Please provide the name, title and contact information of the person or each member of the group you are nominating. (200 words or less).
- Provide specific examples (up to five) of the nominees' demonstrated excellence. Explain in each example why his/her/their work is considered excellent (150 words or less per example).
- Provide a brief history of this person's or this group's contribution to Information Technology in your agency or jurisdiction. (300 words or less).
Development Award Questions
Please limit your responses to 200 words or less for each question.
- What business problem were you trying to solve by implementing this project/application?
- Describe the features, functionality and benefits of the project/application.
- Describe the technology used to create the application.
- Did the project/application extend or replace an existing system? If yes, provide a description of what was accomplished.
- How has the business process been improved as a result of the project/application? Provide data that demonstrates this improvement.
- What has been the economic benefit of the project/application (cost savings, cost avoidance, etc.?)
- Who benefits from this use of the project/application?
- What is the current usage of the project/application and what is the population that is eligible to use it?
- How has the project/application been marketed to end-users?
- Provide a link to the project/application if available for external viewing.
- Describe the project's collaborative environment in terms of governance, funding, project management, communication and other relevant data.
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