Photo: Commonwealth CIO Aneesh Chopra

The Commonwealth of Virginia's annual Innovative Technology Symposium (COVITS) was held Sept 7-9 in Williamsburg, Va., hosted by Commonwealth CIO Aneesh Chopra on behalf of Governor Tim Kaine. "Delivering on the Promise" was the theme of this year's symposium, held in partnership with e.Republic's Government Technology magazine and Center for Digital Government.

Winners: Governor's Technology Awards, COVITS 2008

Online, Not "In Line"

• Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy: DMME e-Forms Centers
• Supreme Court of Virginia: Web-enabled VA Secure Remote Access

Cross-boundary Collaboration

• OptiNet-Cumberland Plateau Project: Collaboration between Bristol Virginia Utilities and Cumberland Plateau Planning District
• Regulation IS and VA Regulatory Town Hall 2.0: Virginia Code Commission, Division of Legislative Automated Systems, Department of Planning and Budget

IT as Efficiency Driver

• Virginia Department of Environmental Quality: Enterprise Content Management Project

Innovative Use of Technology in Local Government

• Franklin County: Rural Broadband Deployment Through Public-Private Partnership

Innovative Use of Technology in K-12 Education

• Williamsburg-James City County Public Schools: W-JCC Instructional Technology Standard

Innovative Use of Technology in Higher Education

• James Madison University: Pandemic Flu Modeling Partnership

Best Private Sector Telework Initiative

• Orange Business Services: Employee Teleworking Program

Best Public Sector Telework Initiative

• Virginia Department of Taxation: Employee Teleworking Program