This year’s Best of New York Awards include honors for:
• AnalyzeNY Financials, Workforce Analytics, a business analytics tool using financial and workforce data with digital dashboard tools to provide in-depth knowledge
• The NYS Veterans Mobile App that provides the 900,000 veterans living in New York State efficient localized access to assistance and advocacy at state and county levels with the “Near Me” geographic locator for services
• The City of Schenectady’s Special Award for Building the Foundation for a Smarter City, with its city-owned wireless network, smart LED lighting system in the downtown area saving $400,000 annually, and its smart parking system using cameras to monitor open parking spots
“Ingenuity, collaboration and a lot of hard work on the part of New York government departments have yielded great innovations that are improving government interactions with citizens,” said Todd Sander, executive director of the Center for Digital Government. “We are honored to present this year’s Best of New York winners and recognize their exemplary dedication to enhancing services for New Yorkers.”
Award recipients were selected based on criteria that included collaboration between agencies, innovative use of technology and the improvement of services to citizens or state and local government employees.
Congratulations to the 2016 Best of New York Award Winners:
Demonstrated Excellence in Project Management
Michelle Miao, Ph.D., BTS Program Director
New York City Department of Finance
Best Application Serving an Agency’s Business Needs
NYC Department of Finance Integrated Business Tax System
Best Application Serving an Agency’s Business Needs
Investigator App: Improving Quality of Community
Town of Brookhaven
Most Innovative Use of Social Media/Citizen Engagement
New York State Senate Public Website – NYSenate.gov
Most Innovative IT Workforce Initiative
Quality Management Center: Excellence in Quality Assurance
New York State ITS Human Services Cluster
Best Application Serving the Public
NYC311 Mobile App
Office of the Mayor of New York City
Best Mobile/Wireless Project
New York State Veterans Mobile App
Best IT Collaboration Among Organizations
Court Actions Portal: Unifying Government Systems for Efficiency
Suffolk County Clerk
Best IT Collaboration Among Organizations
Health Disparities and Inequalities Collaboration Platform (HDIC)
University at Albany, SUNY
Best Data Analytics/Business Intelligence Project
AnalyzeNY Financials, Workforce Analytics
New York State Information Technology Services
Special Award
Building the Foundation for a Smarter City
City of Schenectady
For the story on the winners, CLICK HERE
Additionally, 39 Outstanding IT Service and Support Awards were presented to those dedicated to New York public service:
Arnold Abate, Information Technology Specialist 3, New York State Information Technology Services
James Allard, Information Technology Specialist 3, New York State Information Technology Services – Revenue & Transportation Cluster
Rich Athens, Information Technology Specialist 4, New York State Information Technology Services
Karen Boyle, Lead Analyst, AnalyzeNY, New York State Information Technology Services – Administrative & General Services Cluster
Diana Brown, Information Technology Specialist 4, New York State Information Technology Services – Revenue & Transportation Cluster
Mike Cahill, Manager of Information Technical Services I Data Communications, DC Hosting, New York State Information Technology Services
James Cardany, Information Technology Specialist 3, New York State Information Technology Services
Neville Clothier, Manager of Information Technology Services 1, New York State Information Technology Services – Disabilities and Aging Cluster
Sadie Dean, Associate Administrative Analyst, New York State Information Technology Services
David DiMezza, Manager of Information Technology Services 1New York State Information Technology Services – Disabilities and Aging Cluster
John Dlugolecki, Director Project Management Office, New York State Information Technology Services – Disabilities & Aging Cluster
Richard “Rick” Eckhardt, Information Technology Specialist 4, New York State Information Technology Services – PSC Business Solutions
Melissa Frazier, Information Technology Specialist 4, New York State Information Technology Services – Revenue & Transportation Cluster
Dawn Hoffman, Events Manager, New York State Information Technology Services
Christopher Howlan, Information Technology Specialist 4, New York State Information Technology Services – Revenue & Transportation Cluster
Eric Huntington, Manager of Information Technology Services 1, New York State Information Technology Services – Health Cluster
Liz Hurley, Information Technology Specialist 4, New York State Education Department
David Jenkins, Information Technology Specialist 4, New York State Information Technology Services
Chris Keating, Customer Relationship Manager, New York State Information Technology Services – Revenue & Transportation Cluster
Henry Kovacs, Information Technology Specialist 3, New York State Information Technology Services – Revenue & Transportation Cluster
Matt Kramer, Information Technology Specialist 2, New York State Information Technology Services – Revenue & Transportation Cluster
Bob LaCerais, Information Technology Services 3 – Mainframe Database, New York State Information Technology Services
Ron Lammardo, Assistant Director, Information Technology Services 1 – Open System Database, New York State Information Technology Services
Tom Laney, Information Technology Specialist 4, New York State Information Technology Services
John Maryanopolis, Information Technology Specialist 3, New York State Information Technology Services
Kay McCampbell, Manager Information Technology Services 1, New York State Office of Information Technology Services – Health Cluster
Mark Nalli, Assistant Director, Information Technology Services Technical Services 1 – Distributed Database, New York State Information Technology Services
Ward Neal, Information Technology Specialist 3, New York State Office of Information Technology Services – Health Cluster
Darren Newsome, Information Technology Specialist 3, New York State Information Technology Services
Cory Nugent, Information Technology Specialist 4, New York State Office of the Attorney General
Ron O’Bryan, Information Technology Specialist 4. New York State Information Technology Services
Denise Peregrim, Information Technology Specialist 4. New York State Information Technology Services – Revenue & Transportation Cluster
Constance Rue, Information Technology Specialist 4. New York State Information Technology Services – Revenue & Transportation Cluster
Sharon (Yun) Shieh, Manager of Information Technology Services, New York State Information Technology Services
Frank Slade, Manager, AnalyzeNY, New York State Information Technology Services – Administrative & General Services Cluster
Joseph Tabacco, Information Technology Specialist 4, New York State Information Technology Services – Revenue & Transportation Cluster
Mary Beth Tice, Information Technology Specialist 4, New York State Information Technology Services
Ashley Turchiarelli, Lead Analyst, AnalyzeNY, New York State Information Technology Services – Administrative & General Services Cluster
John Probeck, Manager, Information Technology Specialist 1, New York State Office of the Comptroller
About the Center for Digital Government
The Center for Digital Government is a national research and advisory institute on information technology policies and best practices in state and local government.
The Center is a division of e.Republic, the nation’s only media and research company focused exclusively on state and local government and education.
For questions, please contact Janet Grenslitt, Director of Surveys and Awards, at jgrenslitt@centerdigitalgov.com.