SCITDA Innovation in Technology Award

 

Purpose
This annual award by the South Carolina Information Technology Directors Association (SCITDA) recognizes and honors individuals and teams for innovative approaches and outstanding achievements in Information Technology, to fulfill their organization’s vision and mission and to improve government as a whole.

 

 

 

Eligibility
Nominees must be full-time vested employees in a SCITDA agency. Nominees should have made a significant contribution by employing innovative approaches with technology to meet the fast changing needs in their organization or the community.

Members of the SCITDA Board are ineligible for the award.

Selection Criteria

Awards will be given in two categories:

 

• Individual (Administrator/Manager or Staff)

The Individual award is designed to recognize an outstanding individual in a SCITDA agency. This individual may be a manager, whose primary responsibility is to manage or administer a program, a unit, or a division within the organization, or a staff person, whose primary responsibility is to give support to the management and to the business process within the organization.

 

• Team

The Team award is designed to recognize excellence in collaborative and innovative technology-based projects.

 

Each agency can submit one nomination in each category.

 

Winning Entries

Each year the Innovation in Technology Award will be presented during the South Carolina Information Technology Directors Association (SCITDA) Fall Conference. Each winner will receive:

• A plaque symbolizing the individual or team's outstanding achievement.
• Complimentary registration and room (if located more than 50 miles from the conference) to the Fall Conference for the individual award, as well as for one (1) member chosen by the team for their award. All team members will receive complimentary registration to the Fall Conference.

Screening and Selection:

The SCITDA Awards Subcommittee will identify a panel of reviewers from the association and from outside the association. The panel will vote to select the winners in each category.

 

Application Process

Agencies must apply through an application process. Nomination packages must include:

1. A cover page with:

• The nominees’ full name(s), title, addresses with telephone numbers and email addresses.

• The award category for which the nomination is being made (Individual or Team).

• The nominator’s name, title, place of business, business address and telephone number.

2. A brief biography of the nominee(s) (not to exceed one page)

3. Achievements and performance that merit the award. Pertinent background on the agency and operational initiatives, description of a project, information on the problem being solved or opportunity(ies) being created. See tips from judges below (not to exceed five pages).

4. Any other support documentation deemed significant by the nominator, including news clips, letter of recommendation and other evidence of the appropriateness of the nomination (not to exceed two pages).

 

Applications should be submitted via email to the Awards Subcommittee no later than May 31, 2010, by emailing James HammondThis e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

 

Tips from the Judges
All award entries will be evaluated in four distinct areas:

Description: Describe the application or product/service. Define what the objectives were for this application/product/service. Clarity of the description is critical.

Innovation: Explain how the application/product/service was new, unique, or employed an original approach. Explain how the application/product/service applied existing technology in a different, innovative way.

Complexity/Difficulty: The complexity or difficulty of the nominees’ use of technology is an important criterion. Be sure to include:

·   Explanation of the type of technology used,

·   Uniqueness of application,

·   Complexity or difficulty of application, and

·   Any extraordinary circumstances which may have been encountered or dealt with.

Results/Impact: The results or impact of the project are very important. Please describe, in detail, the tangible and measurable benefits attained through the application/product/service developed. Describe the scope and significance of these benefits. Be sure to include information on the breadth of the audience impacted (local community, regional, national, worldwide) and longevity of the impact (short-term or long-term).