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14th Annual 2008 - 2009 Best Practices Awards
The NYS Forum would like to recognize the outstanding work done during the past year in the area of Information Resource Management by New York state and local government organizations. The categories are as follows.
POLICY (for legislative initiatives or internal agency policy initiatives which improve information management and/or lower the barriers to effective information management). This might include the sponsorship of new laws which support electronic commerce, rewriting of regulations to lower barriers for the use of electronic documents, or development of effective organization-wide document management or security policies which improve document handling.
MANAGEMENT (for innovative activities which improve the management of information resources and technologies). Innovations in this area might include creation of a formal project management approach to the restructuring of an IRM organization to improve customer service, development of innovative procurement and/or partnering activities which maximize use of scarce resources, development and management of assessment teams to deal with crises like the Year 2000 or development of structures to effectively manage new technologies.
TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION (for effective implementation of information technology to meet business goals). Examples of innovation in this area might be the development of an agency Intranet which links internal units with external partners in a secure fashion, development of an agency Web application which improves communications with the public, or effective use of prototyping and application development tools to streamline application development.
Last year awards were presented to: Division of Criminal Justice Services for Critical Legacy Information System Migration; Office of Children and Family Services and Center for Technology in Government for Expanding Mobile Capabilities in Child Protective Services: The NYS Mobile Technology Demonstration Pilot Program; Department of Transportation for NYS Roadway Inventory System; Office of General Services Procurement Services Group for The Evolution and Greening of The Aggregated PC Purchase Program; Office of the State Comptroller for Open Book New York; and NYC Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications for New York City Wireless Network.
To submit a recommendation for an award, please provide a short, one or two page description of your innovation. Recommendations will be reviewed by the Awards Committee and descriptions will be published and distributed at the Annual Meeting in September. In your response, please designate an individual or individuals who would be available to accept the award and speak about the innovation at the Forum's Annual Meeting.
Thanks for your continued interest in The Forum. We look forward to seeing you at the Annual Meeting.
Nominations must be received electronically no later than August 10, 2009 at info@nysforum.org and must include contact information (name, agency, address, phone and email) for the person submitting the nomination. Acceptable formats include MS Word or plain text format.