People
Federal 100 winner: Ellen Brown
Brown convinced House and Senate committees to revise acquisition reform proposals by drawing on her knowledge of the procurement system.
People
Federal 100 winner: Mark Seager
As director of the Advanced Simulation and Computing Program, Seager launched a partnership between the federal government and the private sector that led to the Hyperion Collaboration, a first-of-its-kind consortium that provides a test bed for high-performance computing.
Digital Government
Fed 100 winner: David Mayo
Mayo, founder of the Industry Advisory Council’s Enterprise Architecture Shared Interest Group, has for years been a strong proponent of component- and service-based approaches to improve government.
Modernization
Federal 100 winner: Dr. S. Ward Casscells
Casscells introduced a new communications strategy for the Military Health System that uses Web 2.0 technologies to improve patient outcomes, family connections and agency performance.
Cybersecurity
Federal 100 winner: Karen Scarfone
Scarfone’s prolific output of easy-to-understand technical security manuals has helped numerous government organizations make their Web servers and mobile devices more secure.
Digital Government
Centurions of public service
It’s been 20 years since Federal Computer Week initiated what is now the signature awards program in the federal information technology community.
Modernization
Federal 100 winner: Zbynek Krobot
Krobot helped to lead the effort to update the cost/benefit analysis for the Human Resources Line of Business.
Modernization
Federal 100 winner: Amanda Post
Post, an intelligence analyst at SRA International, joined the company in March 2008 and quickly displayed her superior research skills, critical thinking and analytic capabilities.
Modernization
Federal 100 winner: Susan H. Swart
Swart, CIO and head of the State Department’s Information Resource Management Bureau, successfully led three high-profile IT projects: consolidation of the department’s desktop computer network, development of a process for tracking progress of the department’s new State Messaging and Archive Retrieval Toolset, and departmentwide adoption of new collaboration tools.
Modernization
Federal 100 winner: Jiten Shah
As executive director of the Green River Area Development District, Shah overcame public skepticism and contractor turnover to lead the creation of a regional Internet broadband network that serves seven counties in western Kentucky.
Modernization
Federal 100 winner: Capt. Roy S. Petty
Petty was the driving force behind an effort to strengthen the defenses of Navy networks and coordinate similar efforts across the Global Information Grid.
People
Federal 100 winner: Allan Burman
Burman, president of Jefferson Solutions, is leading an ongoing series of discussions, sponsored by George Mason University and the IBM Center for the Business of Government, on improving federal procurements.
Modernization
Federal 100 winner: Shahid Shah
Shah, Netspective Communications founder and chief architect of the Budget Formulation and Execution Line of Business, provided technology leadership on an array innovations for the Office of Management and Budget and the BFELOB system.
People
Federal 100 winner: Vish Sankaran
Sankaran helped lay the foundation for the transformation of the U.S. health care system.
Modernization
Ressler: Virtual community organizer
Steve Ressler, an IT specialist at Immigration and Customs Enforcement, created a social-networking site called GovLoop that serves as an online meeting place for government employees worldwide.
Cybersecurity
Federal 100 winner: Dan Green
Green was instrumental in implementing the Universal Core data exchange system between the Defense Department and other agencies.
Modernization
Fed 100 winner: Janice Nall
Nall, director of the Division of eHealth Marketing, pioneered the transformation of CDC.gov and the use of new-media tools that expanded CDC’s audience reach.
Digital Government
Federal 100 winner: Stuart Willoughby
Stuart Willoughby helped the federal government improve its citizen services by expanding and enhancing its use of technology.
People
Federal 100 winner: Lloyd Thrower
Developing an enterprise architecture for an organization as complex as the Defense Department isn't easy. So the DOD CIO's office has been fortunate to have Thrower, who is the director of strategic planning and policy, on board.
People