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The 21st annual GCN Awards honors federal, state and local government for their extraordinary IT accomplishments and significant contributions to the performance of their agencies.


Click here to read about the winners

These esteemed accolades embody one of the most sought after and respected programs across the industry, and its fall gala attracts a perennial “Who’s Who” across government IT.

Award winners will be profiled in the October 20 issue of the magazine and on GCN.com. They will also be honored at GCN’s 21st Annual Awards Gala, Wednesday, October 22, at the Hilton Washington in Washington, D.C.

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News release

2008 GCN Awards Gala: Oct. 22, 2008


2007 GCN AWARDS

Twelve projects and six leaders exemplify the success than results from combining vision and IT innovations with an attention to detail and a willingness to collaborate.

Project Awards | Team Players

FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
Cyber Security Incident Response Center

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
Electronic Death Registration

CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES
HIGLAS accounting system

NOAA COASTAL SERVICE CENTER
Digital Coast

DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
All-Source Intelligence Environment

COAST GUARD AND DHS
Biometrics-at-Sea

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
eRulemaking Federal Docket Management System

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md., DTS
Fiber-optic networking

OAKLAND COUNTY, Mich.
OakVideo

INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
Compliance Data Warehouse

DEFENSE INFORMATION SYSTEMS AGENCY
NCES enterprise services architecture

MILITARY HEALTH SYSTEM
ESSENCE medical reporting system

Individual Awards

CIVILIAN EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR:
John Johnson, GSA

DEFENSE EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR:
Gen. James Cartwright, Joint Chiefs of Staff

SPECIAL COMMENDATION FOR SERVICE TO THE IT INDUSTRY:
Kevin Carroll, PEO-EIS

INDUSTRY EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR:
Diana Gowen, Qwest Communications

GCN HALL OF FAME:
Ira Hobbs
Steve Kellman

2006 GCN Agency Award Winners
2005 GCN Agency Award Winners
2004 GCN Agency Award Winners
2003 GCN Agency Award winners

GCN executives of the year

2006
Bruce James, public printer, Government Printing Office
Army Brig. Gen. Susan Lawrence, director of command, control, communications and computers, Central Command

2005
Jim Williams, project manager for the Homeland Security Department’s U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology program
Dave Wenngeren, Navy Department CIO

2004
Dawn C. Meyerriecks, Defense Information Systems Agency chief technology officer
Kim Nelson, Environmental Protection Agency CIO

2003
Lt. Gen. Steven Boutelle, Army CIO
Steven Cooper, Homeland Security Department CIO

2002
(This year’s awards honored the top government executives of the previous 20 years)
Former Rep. Jack Brooks
Army Lt. Gen. Emmett Paige Jr., Ret.

2001
Joseph R. Cipriano, Navy program executive officer for IT and enterprise acquisition
Jackie Fletcher, Mint associate director and CIO

2000
David Borland, Army vice director of Information Systems C4 James J. Jasinski, program manager of the FBI’s Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System

1999
Kathleen N. Adams, Social Security Administration assistant deputy commissioner
Marvin Langston, Defense deputy CIO

1998
Navy Vice Adm. Arthur K. Cebrowski, president of the Naval War College
Anne F. Thompson Reed, Agriculture Department CIO

1997
Army Lt. Gen. Douglas D. Buchholz, Joint Chiefs of Staff director of C4 Systems
Frank P. Pugliese Jr., Federal Supply Service commissioner

1996
Navy Rear Adm. John A. Gauss. Defense Information Systems Agency deputy director
Stephen Meltzer, Federal Computer Acquisition Center director

1995
Rep. Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.), speaker of the House of Representatives

1994
Cynthia Kendall, deputy assistant Defense secretary
Henry H. Philcox, IRS CIO

1993
Renato A. DiPentima, Social Security Administration deputy commissioner for systems
Army Lt. Gen. Alonzo Short, Defense Information Systems General Services Agency director

1992
Paul A. Strassmann, director of Defense Information

1991
Richard G. Austin, administrator of the General Services Administration

1990
Donald J. Atwood, deputy secretary of Defense

1989
Army Lt. Gen. John T. Myers, director of the Defense Communications Agency

1988
Joseph R. Wright Jr., director of the Office of Management and Budget

1987
Rear Adm. Harry S. Quast, director IRM

1986
Rep. Frank Horton, (R-N.Y.) House Government Operations Committee ranking minority member
Donald C. Latham, assistant secretary of Defense for 3CI

1985
James H. Burrows, director of the Institute for Computer Sciences and Technology
Rep. Charlie Rose (D-N.C.)
Joseph R. Wright, Office of Management and Budget deputy director

1984
Ralph Bledsoe, special assistant to the president, White House Office of Policy Development
Rep. Jack Brooks (D-Texas), chairman of the House Government Operations Committee
Frank J. Carr, commissioner of the General Services Administration’s IRM Service

GCN Hall of Fame

1988
The Hon. Jack Brooks
Frank L. Carr
Robert Lee Chartrand
Dr. Ruth M. Davis
Rear Adm. Grace Murray Hopper
Philip J. Kiviat
Joseph D. Naughton
Reed Phillips Jr.
Dr. Lawrence G. Roberts
The Hon. Joseph R. Wright Jr.

1989
Walter L. Anderson
John Vincent Atanasoff
Joseph Cunningham
Sidney Fernbach
Herbert R.J. Grosch
Forest W. Horton Jr.
Francis A. McDonough
Jacob Rabinow
Norman J. Ream
John von Neumann (posthumous award)

1990
Rep. Frank Horton
Robert V. Head
Dr. Paul Oliver
Franklin S. Reeder

1991
Warren B. Buhler
Walter W. Haase
David R. Israel
James E. Lewin
Dr. Elmer B. Staats

1992
Lee Johnson
Dr. Alvin E. Nashman

1993
Donald E. Scott
Vice Adm. Jerry O. Tuttle

1994
John P. McNicholas

1995
Lt. Gen. Otto J. Guenther, Army

1996
Lloyd K. Mosemann II

1997
The Hon. Emmett Paige Jr.
Clyde G. McShan II

1998
Anthony M. Valetta
Robert J. Woods

1999
Lt. Gen. Albert J. Edmonds,Ret., Air Force
Israel Feldman
Bruce McConnell

2000
Alvin M. Pesachowitz
John A. Koskinen

2001
Duane P. Andrews
Alan Balutis
G. Edward DeSeve

2002
Miriam F. Browning

2003
The Hon. William S. Cohen

2004
John Carlin

2005
Charles Rossotti

2006
Arthur K. Cebrowski (posthumous award)
Mark Forman