NASCIO's Recognition Awards Program, in its 18th consecutive year, features several new categories, which reflect the wide range of IT projects currently under development within state governments. Emphasis was placed on recognizing programs that exemplify best practices, support the public policy goals of state leaders, assist government officials to execute their duties and provide cost-effective services to citizens.
"Successful state information technology initiatives should be highlighted and shared," said South Carolina CIO and NASCIO Awards Committee Chair, Dr. Jim Bryant. "NASCIO's awards program encourages state governments to learn from each other so that they can ultimately provide more efficient, higher quality services to their constituents."
Twelve award-winning entries were chosen from a record 139 submissions by 33 states. NASCIO's Awards committee, comprised of NASCIO state and corporate members representing leading public and private IT organizations selected the 2006 award recipients. The following is a list of award recipients organized by category:
- Business Continuity -- Recipient: Kentucky Mutual Aid and Interoperability
- Cross-Boundary Collaboration and Partnerships -- Recipients: California Department of Health Services Prenatal and Newborn Screening Information System; District of Columbia Safe Passages Information System
- Data, Information and Knowledge Management -- Recipient: Pennsylvania's Global XML 3.0 Document Creation Process; Honorable Mentions: The District of Columbia Government's DCStat; Virginia Mine Mapping System
- Digital Government: Government to Business (G to B) -- Recipient: Michigan Business Portal; Honorable Mentions: South Carolina Business One Stop; Virginia Electronic Permitting System
- Digital Government: Government to Citizen (G to C) -- Recipients: Arizona 2-1-1 Online; e-TAP: New York State's Comprehensive Online Student Financial Aid Gateway
- Digital Government: Government to Government (G to G) -- Recipient: Michigan's E-mail Consolidation Project
- Enterprise Architecture -- Recipient: District of Columbia Enterprise Integration Stack
- Enterprise IT Management Initiatives -- Recipient: Michigan's Human Resource Optimization Project
- Information Communications Technology (ICT) Innovations -- Recipient: Michigan's Innovative Fraud Detection Program; Honorable Mention: Commonwealth of Virginia Interoperable Communications
- IT Project and Portfolio Management -- Recipient: Michigan's Project Management and Governance Model; Honorable Mentions: North Carolina EPMO and Portfolio Management Title and Registration User's System of Tennessee (TRUST).
