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Experts: Standards needed for cloud computing
Federal agencies should develop and deploy cloud-computing technology and standards will follow, speakers say.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Federal 100 winner: Scott Burns
Burns, CEO and co-founder of GovDelivery, has been a leader in helping federal agencies and departments use Web 2.0 technologies to better communicate with the public.
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Federal 100 winner: Sanjeev Bhagowalia
Bhagowalia overcame legal and other barriers to return the Bureau of Indian Affairs and its 5,500 users to the Internet after nearly seven years of darkness.
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Federal 100 winner: Molly O'Neill
O'Neill served as both Web 2.0 visionary and chairwoman of the CIO Council's Architecture and Infrastructure Committee.
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Federal 100 winner: Frank Tiller
Frank Tiller brokered consensus among numerous parties on standards for the Office of Management and Budget’s Trusted Internet Connections initiative.
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Federal 100 winner: Lt. Col. Walter Nichols
Nichols, program manager for the Integrated Data Environment Global Transportation Network convergence, led an effort to converge the Defense Logistics Agency's IDE and Transportation Command's GTN programs.
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Federal 100 winner: Col. Anthony Faughn
Faughn, director of communications at the Air Force’s Special Operations Command, led the development of a dashboard that supports the commander with secure collaboration and real-time situational awareness.
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Federal 100 winner: Molly Wilkinson
Molly Wilkinson, SBA's chief of staff, led several projects that improved the efficiency of the agency, including the Business Development Management Information System, a system allowing small-business 8(a) online applications.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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