Four organizations were honored as winners of the 2005 Governor's Technology Awards at last night's Governor's Reception for COVITS 2005.

Secretary of Technology Eugene Huang presented Fairfax County with the e-Government award, Luna Innovations of Blacksburg with the Entrepreneur award, the Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy with the Innovative Technology award, and the Virginia Department of Taxation with the Public-Private Partnership award.

Entrants in this year's competition included local school systems, local governments, state agencies, universities, and private business.

The competition was judged by a panel of seven judges with a broad array of expertise in information technology.

They included Bethann Canada, Director, Educational Information Management, Virginia Department of Education; John Eagle, Director, Information Technology, City of Hampton; Bill Flaherty, Director, Technology Services, Hanover County Public Schools; Linda Smithson, Enterprise Service Director, Virginia Information Technologies Agency; Robert Stolle, Executive Director, Greater Richmond Technology Council; Mark Willis, Chief Information Officer, Virginia Commonwealth University; and Bill Wilson, Director, Virginia Division of Legislative Automated Systems.

Winning entries can be viewed on the Secretary of Technology's website, www.technology.virginia.gov.