Digital Government

Leonard D'Avolio: Putting health data to work for veterans

D'Avolio oversaw the development and deployment of a system for managing data on 1 million veterans enrolled in a health research program.

Digital Government

Jessica Nadine Hernandez: Turning a new page in federal libraries

Hernandez recruited a team of creative and energetic federal employees who are interested in modernizing federal libraries.

Modernization

Matthew W. Reiss: A champion of the cloud

Reiss developed, deployed and championed private cloud computing services at USDA's data centers.

Digital Government

Jay Huie: Here's how to pull together a plan

Huie spearheaded development of the Energy Department's IT Strategic Roadmap and played an instrumental role in getting input from IT leaders across the department.

Digital Government

Zachary Lindsay: Helping the Army get down to business

Lindsay accelerated the development schedule for new releases of the General Fund Enterprise Business System, which helped the Army produce its first auditable financial statement.

Digital Government

Brian Ibbison: On the IT beat for community policing program

Ibbison spearheaded work on key systems for the Justice Department's Community Oriented Policing Services, including a new system for grant applications.

Digital Government

Jessica Milcetich: Putting social media to work for the public

Milcetich pioneered the use of social media in the Federal Citizen Information Center, including the use of a document-sharing site to make government publications more widely available.

Cybersecurity

Jeremy Thomas: A new way to secure classified systems

Thomas led a team that deployed a diskless architecture for the classified computing environment at Idaho National Laboratory.

People

The federal workday: Labor's love lost?

FCW readers are scandalized by suggestions that they don't put in an honest day's work.

Digital Government

Junaid Shah: A heart of service for those on the front lines

Shah provided technical, contracting and project management support for the Army's Medical Communications for Combat Casualty Care program.

Digital Government

Jamie Findlater: A diplomat for social media

Findlater championed the use of new-media tools at the State Department, including the new Corridor professional networking site.

Digital Government

Robert S. Niewood: Making old things new again

Niewood retrofitted an old system with a standardized electronic contract file structure, which fostered the development of a paperless environment at GSA's Office of Assisted Acquisition Services.

Modernization

Veda Sims: A measure of risk

Sims led the in-depth security risk assessments that paved the way for taking Recovery.gov to the cloud.

Modernization

Gaurav 'GP' Pal: Pushing Recovery.gov into the future

Pal helped drive the evolution of Recovery.gov, including its migration to a public cloud and the addition of Web 2.0 widgets.

Cybersecurity

Jim Lanoue: Program management gets a makeover

Lanoue improved the management of the Homeland Security Information Network, culminating in a successful TechStat review by the Office of Management and Budget.

Digital Government

Zachary Baldwin: Crunching data for data center consolidation

Baldwin developed a strategy for collecting and analyzing information on the federal government's existing data centers.