New York City Excellence in Technology Awards Program (ETAP) 2008

The Excellence in Technology Awards Program, with Awards Reception to follow, will be held on Thursday, November 6th in conjunction with the 11th annual New York City Technology Forum.



The New York City Excellence in Technology Awards Program (ETAP) was established to salute IT professionals in New York City government organizations for their dedication, hard work and contributions. Agency heads are invited to submit award candidates, with a Screening Panel recommending an awardee in each category. A single entrant will be chosen to receive the overall Excellence in Technology Award, selected as the project that exemplifies the very best of IT in the City of New York. All projects nominated must be live, production systems.

Once again, awards will be provided in the categories of Leadership, Development and Support.


ETAP 2008 Submission Deadline is 12:00 pm EST, Monday, September 29, 2008


Leadership Awards will be given for:
Demonstrated Leadership in Management of Information Technology
Demonstrated Excellence in Project Management
Commissioner's Award for Technology-driven Business Transformation

Development Awards will be given for:
Best Application Serving an Agency's Business Needs
Best Application Serving the Public
Best IT Collaboration Among Agencies
Best In-house Developed Application
Most Innovative Use of Technology
Best Wireless Project
Best GIS Application
Green IT Award

Support Awards (will be given for all agencies):
Excellence in IT Support and Service - Manager
Excellence in IT Support and Service - Staff

Required Information for Submissions:
Please click here to display a printable list of questions
Leadership Award Questions
Development Award Questions
Support and Service Awards


New York City Excellence in Technology Awards instructions:

ETAP 2008 Submission Deadline is 12:00 pm EST, Monday, September 29, 2008


1) Please review the nomination categories and descriptions with appropriate staff and nominate your highest priority candidates.

2) If you have any difficulty using the web-based submission system, please contact Taia Bonewitz at (800) 917-7732, ext. 1467 for assistance. You may leave a voice message at any time or send a text message to tbonewitz@govtech.com.

3) Please write clear, concise statements, and spell the first use of all acronyms. Assume that the readers are not familiar with your organization's roles, responsibilities or jargon. Please briefly describe the context (where appropriate) in your responses, so the reader can understand the program area that the technology is being applied to, what the project was designed to address, and the results. The nomination submission is the complete entry. No additional documentation will be reviewed.

4) The recipients, as determined by the Evaluation Committee, will be recognized at a formal ceremony to be held as part of the New York City Technology Forum. A reception will immediately follow the ceremony.

Helpful Hint -- --
Before you do anything else, for each category in which you wish to submit an entry, please copy the questions into a Word document. Take your time refining and finalizing your answers in the Word document. When you are ready to submit your entry, copy and paste your completed answers from your Word document into the appropriate fields of the on-line form. Please save your Word document as your file copy of your submission.

Though this process has proven extremely reliable, sometimes information does get lost, and if your entry is not retrievable, it can't be judged. By following this suggestion, you'll always have a copy of everything you submit.

Thank you for your participation.



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