DoD Awards Top IT Honor

The Defense Department awarded Defense Communications Systems, Southwest Asia (Army) in Fort Belvoir, Va., its highest honor for achievement in information management and technology.

In a news release about the winners of the 2010 DoD chief information officer awards, Defense said more than 70 nominations were submitted and the winners were selected based on their "exemplary performance in improving information delivery and dissemination, management capability, cost reduction and savings, a broad user base, process, mission impact, and net-centricity."

The other award winners were:

Second Place: Collaboration Support and Information Division, U.S. Joint Forces Command, Norfolk, Va.

Third Place: Office of the Chief Information Officer, Joint Staff, Washington, D.C.

Fourth Place: Defense Information Systems Agency, Falls Church, Va.

Fifth Place: Apps for the Army (A4A) Challenge Team, Washington, D.C.

And individual awards were presented to:

First Place (Tied): Lt. Cmdr. James Gateau, U.S. European Command, Stuttgart, Germany; and Jack Summers, Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md.

Second Place: Lee James, U.S. Army Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC), Radio Frequency-In Transit Visibility (RF-ITV), Fort Belvoir, Va.