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**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**

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Ivy Eckerman

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ACT ANNOUNCES INTERGOVERNMENTAL SOLUTIONS AWARD WINNERS

AT THE 2004 MANAGEMENT OF CHANGE CONFERENCE

# Diverse Federal, State, and Local Projects Selected as Winners for Award to Recognize Innovative Approach to Service to the Citizen

**Philadelphia, Pa. -- May 26, 2004 --** The American Council for
Technology (ACT) today announced the winners for the 2004 ACT
Intergovernmental Solutions Awards at the Management of Change
Conference taking place in Philadelphia. The applicants for the award
clearly demonstrated the tremendous progress government agencies at all
levels are accomplishing through collaboration and the innovative use of
technology. The winning programs were selected based upon the following
four criteria:

-   **Intergovernmental and Collaborative** -- Projects must involve
    intergovernmental activities with significant potential to provide
    new and/or improved information to all citizens. Projects must also
    demonstrate collaboration with other organizations (in the public
    and private sectors).

-   **Value Add and Real Results** -- Projects must demonstrate
    measurable results in increasing agency's ability to deliver its
    mission. The projects must have at least a prototype system that has
    had results by January 31, 2004.

-   **Available and Transferable** -- Projects must demonstrate degree
    of availability and accessibility (economic or disability status).
    They must also demonstrate reliability/transportability to other
    organizations and have widespread national or regional application.

-   **Use of Technology** -- Projects must highlight innovative or
    emerging technologies that have efficiently improved or changed a
    business process.

The five federal programs and two state and local programs presented
with awards today, for meeting these stringent requirements and
demonstrating commitment to progress through technology, were:

**2004 Federal Agency Winners**

-   Department of Defense, Office of Procurement and Acquisition Policy
    -- Standard Procurement System (SPS)

-   Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs -- Global Justice
    XML Data Model and Data Dictionary

-   Department of the Navy, eBusiness Operations Office -- Joint
    Expeditionary Warfare Logistics System (JEWLS)

-   Federal Trade Commission -- National Do Not Call Registry

-   General Services Administration -- GSA Advantage

**2004 State and Local Winners**

-   Kentucky Transportation Cabinet & City of Louisville, KY -- Traffic
    Response and Incident Management Assisting the River Cities
    (TRIMARC), Auto Incident Recording System (AIRS)

-   Montgomery County, MD Department Of Technology Services --
    Bi-directional Amplifier System for the Potomac River

ACT offered additional recognition to the IT Workforce Development
Roadmap.  This tool was developed by the Federal CIO Council Workforce
and Human Capital for IT Committee and OPM\'s e-Training Initiative, and
is a part of the government-wide e-learning site - the Gov Online
Learning Center ([www.golearn.gov](http://www.golearn.gov/)).  The IT
Roadmap allows IT professionals to identify competency requirements,
assess their current proficiency, identify professional development
opportunities, and develop long-term career progression plans.  ACT,
impressed by the potential of this tool, is exploring the possibilities
of offering its time and volunteer resources to help support this
initiative as a workforce development tool that benefits both Federal
employees and organizations.   

The co-chairs for the Intergovernmental Solutions Awards and Technology
Showcase were Don Reiter, partner relations and liaison team lead for
the Department of the Navy Chief Information Officer, and Mike O'Neil,
director of national events for the Federal Business Council. "The IT
community is blessed with very talented individuals and teams, and the
quality of nominations we received certainly attested to that fact. Each
nomination was well written and showcased outstanding efforts. Thanks go
out to our panel of judges who worked diligently to come up with a list
of finalists that best met the awards criteria," said Don Reiter.

For more information on these and all of the other programs chosen as
ISA Award finalists, visit "What's New" on the ACT portal front page at
[www.actgov.org](http://www.actgov.org/).

**About ACT**

The American Council for Technology (ACT) is a not-for-profit
corporation, formed to facilitate and encourage professional
communication between the government information technology (IT)
community and government agencies in Washington, DC. Established in
December 1979, and headquartered in Fairfax, VA, ACT has grown to
include several councils throughout the United States that focus on
specific regional interests or on areas of interest to the IT community
at large. One of ACT\'s advisory bodies is the Industry Advisory Council
(IAC) consisting of over 400 member companies. IAC provides an arena for
networking and partnerships between the public and private IT sectors
which fosters comprehensive IT solutions.

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