Evans Begins the Goodbyes

The administration’s top IT official bid an early farewell to government and industry IT workers at the 2008 Information Processing Interagency Conference in Orlando, Fla., Monday before announcing the winners of government project management awards.

Acknowledging the approaching end of the Bush administration, Karen Evans, administrator of the office of e-government and information technology at the Office of Management and Budget, called her fifth keynote at IPIC “bittersweet.” She then acknowledged the work of agencies to achieve the goals of the e-government initiatives, which identified several governmentwide programs to integrate agency operations and information technology investments.

“It isn’t work OMB has done; the work is done by vendors that help the agencies and the agency [IT administrators],” Evans said.

Recipients of government project management awards, some of which Evans announced Monday and others that will be announced at a Tuesday session, were recognized for programs that demonstrate excellence in project management:

Cost Savings/Cost Avoidance

Winner: NASA’s Shared Services Center

Winner: The Office of Personnel Management’s Human Resources Integration

Retooling the Infrastructure

Winners: The Energy Department’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Campus Camera and Emergency Call Station System; and the Interior Department’s 104 Mainframe Efficiency Improvement Project

Service-Oriented Architecture

Winner: DHS’ U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Enterprise Service Bus

Digital Trust-Infrastructure Security

Winner: GSA’s Managed Service Offering USACCESS Program

Identity Management-Biometrics

Winner: Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Quick Capture Platform

Delivering Mission Services/Practical Innovations

Winner: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms’ ATF Knowledge On Line

Delivering Mission Services/Practical Innovations

Winner: Small Business Administration’s Business Gateway Initiative