Digital Government
Federal 100 winner: Earl Stafford
Stafford, former chairman and CEO of Universal Systems and Technology Inc., founded the company in 1988 after a career in the Air Force. Recently acquired by Lockheed Martin Corp., Unitech has grown from a small professional services firm into a provider of robust business and technical solutions.
Modernization
Federal 100 winner: Byron Adams
Adams led a team that proposed a money-saving, performance-enhancing consolidation of IT resources across all the U.S. military services in Guam.
People
Federal 100 winner: Kenneth Allen
ACT/IAC Executive Director Kenneth Allen has worked tirelessly to expand the organization and the programs it offers the government IT community, creating new standards of excellence.
Cybersecurity
Federal 100 winner: Luke McCormack
As chief information officer, McCormack directed a comprehensive IT modernization strategy for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and partnered with other Homeland Security Department components and state and local law enforcement to develop the Law Enforcement Information-Sharing Program ahead of schedule.
People
As easy as pushing a button
Ray Boyd's mandate to get emerging technology to DOD faster led to the creation of Techipedia, a successful example of the government's use of Web 2.0 tools.
Modernization
Federal 100 winner: Michael Ryan
Ryan, deputy program director of the Army's Signal Warfare Programs, is responsible for the implementation of Signals Warfare programs.
Modernization
Federal 100 winner: Dennis Lucey
Dennis Lucey, vice president of TKC Global, has been active in the federal IT market for more than 40 years, creating partnerships with numerous government organizations.
Modernization
Federal 100 winner: Donna Roy
As director of DHS' Enterprise Data Management Office, Roy worked with chief information officers and interagency working groups to get datasets to comply with the National Information Exchange Model so they could be shared across programs.
People
Living NOAA's Second Life
Hackathorn is in charge of NOAA's Virtual World program and has found creative uses for the technology.
Digital Government
Federal 100 winner: John Brosnan
Brosnan helped stop or temper several potentially damaging acquisition-related provisions that had been included in the fiscal 2009 National Defense Authorization Act.
People
Federal 100 winner: Brock Lending
Lending, Compusearch Software Systems chief technology officer, was a clear voice for the procurement community as officials on the Integrated Acquisition Environment Roundtable developed the Financial Systems Integration Office’s Acquisition System Requirements.
Digital Government
The 2009 Federal 100 awards panel of judges
The following judges donated their expertise, energy and time in the selection process for this year's Federal 100 Awards.
People
Online news updates and headlines
Vivek Kundra has returned to work as the federal chief information officer.
People
Federal 100 winner: Col. Debra Rose
Rose oversaw the creation of a secure wireless network that the South Carolina National Guard can use during emergencies.
People
Federal 100 winner: Karen Pica
Pica led the creation of a continuous learning management module to allow agencies to track employees' certifications.
Cybersecurity
Federal 100 winner: Robert Childs
Childs, senior director of the Information Resources Management College at the National Defense University, has led several innovative IT teaching programs.
Digital Government
No Bonuses for Field Docs
As far as I can determine the reason the taxpayers - that's you and I - have to fund $165 million in bonuses for employees of AIG Financial Products is they came up with the ideas a few years back to create trillions of dollars worth of arcane and cockamamie financial products known as credit default swaps.
Ideas
In Search of IT Workers
Agencies routinely say it needs information technology specialists, and with initiatives to follow stimulus spending and to make government more transparent, the need for technologists will only increase. Earl Devaney, Obama's stimulus watchdog, <a href="http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20090319_7366.php">lamented</a> on Thursday while testifying on the Hill about the IT challenges he faces.
Cybersecurity
Obama picks Guthrie for ODNI CIO
Priscilla Guthrie served as the Defense Department's deputy chief information officer from 2001 to 2006.
People