People

Federal 100 winner: Bev Godwin

Godwin, director of USA.gov and Web Best Practices, brought the Web site into the world of social media.

People

Federal 100 winner: Stephen Goldsmith

Goldsmith tapped the power of Web 2.0 social networks to dramatically boost the ranks of public service volunteers.

Modernization

Federal 100 winner: Steve Ressler

Ressler, an IT specialist at Immigration and Customs Enforcement, launched the networking Web site GovLoop.com to better connect people involved in government.

Cybersecurity

Federal 100 winner: Paul A. Ricketts

Ricketts, a senior-level IT security officer, is credited with eliminating material weaknesses in the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s compliance with the requirements of the Federal Information Security Management Act.

Cybersecurity

Federal 100 winner: Leslie Steele

Leslie Steele, founder and CEO of InterImage, has led the company from a start-up to a $15 million IT provider in just 12 years. At the same time, she has been a thought leader and strong voice at IAC for industry/government cooperation.

Digital Government

Federal 100 winner: Colleen Coggins

Coggins pulled double duty, overseeing the Interior Department's mission-supporting transformation plans while also working as chairwoman of the CIO Council’s Federal Segment Architecture Working Group.

Modernization

Federal 100 award: Jolene Lauria Sullens

Sullens has championed the Justice Department’s Unified Financial Management System.

People

Federal 100 winner: Lt. Col. John Persano

Persano helped design training for the Golden Phoenix counterterrorism training exercise held in July 2008.

People

Federal 100 winner: Andrew W. McLauchlin

McLauchlin conceived of and now co-directs the Initiative for Collaborative Government, a forum for federal agency leaders, academics and industry experts to discuss key technology policy issues.

Modernization

Federal 100 winner: Richard Geisenberger

Geisenberger led a task force that prompted legislative and regulatory changes that enabled the creation of a uniform electronic notary system used by banking and legal officials across the country.

Digital Government

Federal 100 winner: Abe Berlas

Berlas provided members of the intelligence community with a single point of access to information and collaboration tools.

Modernization

Federal 100 winner: Carlton Brown

Carlton Brown, a deputy product manager of the Army Program Executive Office's Defense Wide Transmissions Systems, revived a canceled acquisition for secure wireless modules, getting the modules delivered under budget and with design improvements.

People

Federal 100 winner: Tim Young

Young served as former deputy administrator for e-government and information technology in the Bush administration until 2008.

People

Fed 100 winner: Emory Miller

Miller spearheaded a study that proposed ground-breaking legislative and policy changes that could yield better results from federal programs.

Modernization

Federal 100 winner: Tom Clark

Clark, the Coast Guard’s network architect and senior network engineer, constructed the Coast Guard’s IT architecture in a way that would transition the agency to the Homeland Security Department’s common IP network, known as OneNet.

Modernization

Federal 100 winner: James Ryan

Ryan, deputy director of the Small Business Administration’s Disaster Credit Management System Operations Center, led the design, development and deployment of an online loan application that allows people affected by a disaster to securely apply for loans.

Modernization

Federal 100 winner: Frank DiGiammarino

DiGiammarino, vice president of strategic initiatives, leads the creation and execution of special initiatives at the academy, which delivers innovative approaches to government’s management challenges.

Modernization

Federal 100 winner: Brad Boston

Cisco Systems' Brad Boston advises governments on best practices and technologies and has campaigned to improve government certification of information assurance tools.

Digital Government

A GovLoop.com Sampler

GovLoop.com creator Steve Ressler, by day an IT specialist with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, points out some features and content from GovLoop.com that he says show why people find the site interesting, useful and fun.

People

Federal 100 winner: Lt. Col. Kenneth Fritzsche

Modernizing a portal that is used by more than 2.1 million military personnel isn't easy; saving $34 million in the process is even more impressive. Fritzsche saw that the upgrade of the Army Knowledge Online/Defense Knowledge Online portal was carried out a secure and seamless manner.