WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Government Computer News announced
today the winners of its 17th annual Agency Awards program, which honors
government agencies that have demonstrated success in applying IT to mission
or organizational issues. These awards recognize the steps being made in
federal, state and local governments to use IT to increase efficiency and
improve services to citizens, businesses, or other government agencies.
The awards will be presented at the GCN Awards Gala on October 27, 2004 at
the Washington Hilton and Towers. The event is attended annually by more than
1,300 senior government technology leaders and executives from government
contractors nationwide.
GCN Agency Award winners for 2004 are:
* Department of Homeland Security, US Citizenship and Immigration Service,
Office of Records Services
Project: National File Tracking System
* Hennepin County Sheriff's Office and Minnesota Bureau of Criminal
Apprehension
Project: IBIS wireless identification system
* US Department of Health and Human Services
Project: Grants.gov
* Environmental Protection Agency, Office of the CFO
Project: Budget Automation System
* Department of Commerce, US Patent and Trademark Office
Project: Patent e-Gov
* US Army, Army Human Resource System
Project: Electronic Military Personnel Office (eMILPO)
* US Air Force Knowledge Services, Materiel Systems Group/Enterprise
Systems Division
Project: Air Force Knowledge Services (AFKS)
* Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Environmental Information
Project: Environmental Information Exchange Network
* Marine Corps Logistics Command and Marine Corps Systems Command
Project: Marine Corps Equipment Readiness Information Tool (MERIT)
* Maine Secretary of State
Project: SOSonline.org
Winning entries were chosen from a field of 116 by a team of GCN and
Washington Technology editors and experts from the private sector. For more
information about the awards program, visit
http://www.postnewsweektech.com/awards.
Government Computer News
Government Computer News is the leading publication in the government
technology market. The magazine, published 30 times per year, serves more than
87,500* government subscribers. Now in its 22nd year of publication,
Government Computer News is well-respected for its insightful coverage of
breaking news and in-depth analysis of how technology is changing and
challenging the public sector.
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Technology, the only national information technology newsmagazine published
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* BPA Worldwide Statement June 2004
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