Fifth Annual AFCEA Bethesda Government-Wide Initiatives Excellence Awards

The AFCEA Bethesda Government-Wide Initiatives Excellence Awards recognizes individuals or groups whose contributions in information technology have significance beyond their organization. These contributions represent achievements that advance business and citizen interaction, leading to improved effectiveness, cost-savings and leadership that meet national priorities and serve as a model of excellence government-wide.

 

The awards will be presented on May 10, 2012, at the Willard InterContinental Hotel in Washington, DC. To register for the event, click here.

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Additional winners include:

Emerging Leader
Hyon Kim, Deputy Program Director, Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies, General Services Administration

Acquisition
Mary Armstead, Program Director, NITAAC 

New Media
USA.gov Social Media, General Services Administration 

Health IT
Ron Graham, Director, Division of Medicare Advantage & Part D Application Analysis, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services 

Shared First
Andy Rider, Program Manager, Departmental e-Budgeting System (DEBS), Department of Labor 

Cross Agency Collaboration
Anne Rung, Sr. Director of Administration, Department of Commerce 

Big Data
Jack Bates, Executive Director for Business Intelligence and Chairman, Collaboration and Business Productivity Governance Board, Department of Veterans Affairs 

Energy and the Environment
Kong Chiu, Project Manager, Office of Air and Radiation’s Climate Change Division, Environmental Protection Agency 

Mobility
H. Richard Holgate, Chief Information Officer and Assistant Deputy Science and Technology Officer, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Department of Justice 

Human Capital
Gregg Pelowski, Executive Director, Human Capital Business Systems, Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer, Department of Homeland Security 

Financial Security and Fraud Detection
Amy Taylor, Chief Information Officer, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, Department of Treasury 

Cooperative Research and Development
Prince Levy, Program Manager, ACA Information Returns Project, Internal Revenue Service 

Geospatial
David Alexander, Geospatial Management Officer, Department of Homeland Security