“The NASCIO 2012 State Recognition Award nominations demonstrate that states strive to support the public policy goals of state leaders, provide cost-effective service to citizens, and make available solutions that are transferable to other agencies or units of government,” said Jack Doane, director of Alabama's Information Services Division and co-chair for the NASCIO Awards Committee. "Congratulations to this year’s award finalists that provided a showcase of innovative projects.”
Here are the awards finalists for 2012:
Cross-Boundary Collaboration
California: Public Employer Readiness Team
North Dakota: Legislative Assembly – LEGEND
Oregon: Oregon State Police mobility and e-ticketing
California: Surveillance of animal diseases through an emerging threats identification system
Michigan: Reinventing government through analytics yields $1 million in financial benefits each business day
Ohio: Business intelligence
Digital Government to Business
Hawaii: Business registration mobile Web app
North Carolina: Pilot and implementation of the criminal discovery component of the Discovery Automation System
Pennsylvania: e-permitting
Digital Government to Citizen
California: CalVet mobile app
Michigan: MI-Bridges Self Service Portal
Virginia: myDMV account
Enterprise IT Management Initiatives
Minnesota: Moved from a distributed to a unified solution
Pennsylvania: Automated user provisioning
Wyoming: Moved the state to the cloud and is saving $1 million per year
Fast Track Solutions
California: Video Interact Project
Mississippi: Mobile website ms.gov
Tennessee: Driver Service Center self-service iPad kiosks
Improving State Operations
Idaho: WIC Information System Program (WISPr)
Kentucky: Human Resource Information System (KHRIS)
North Carolina: Criminal Justice Law Enforcement Automated Data Services (CJLEADS)
Information Communication Technology Innovations
California: California Mobile Development Program
Georgia: I-85 Express Lane project
Pennsylvania: PA Food Safety
Open Government Initiatives
Kansas: One Government Electronic Democracy System
Oregon: Stimulus Transparency and Accountability Tracking System
West Virginia: Transparency website
Cybersecurity
Arkansas: Transforming preparedness through technology
Michigan: Integrating cyber and physical security: ending the divide using a comprehensive approach to risk
North Carolina: Information security and continuity management - information sharing portal