الصفحة المؤرشفة أرشيف البيانات الصحفية

Chief Information Officer of the Commonwealth Nelson Moe today announced that three Virginia information technology (IT) initiatives have been selected as finalists in the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) awards program.

The Virginia Department of Veterans Services (DVS) "BeneVets Automated Claim Application" is a finalist in the improving state operations category. The Virginia Unmanned Systems Commission is a finalist in the emerging and innovative technologies category. The Virginia Information Technologies Agency (VITA) "Reducing Risk through Enterprise Data Identification" is a finalist in the cybersecurity category. The awards honor outstanding IT achievements in the public sector.

"We are honored to have three initiatives selected as finalists. There is tough competition for these awards," said Moe, who also is the agency head at VITA. "State government IT staff members work diligently to provide IT solutions and services so that state agencies can better serve citizens across the commonwealth. It's an honor to see this work recognized by this national organization."

"BeneVets Automated Claim Application" is a centralized, web-based application for submission and processing of veterans claims developed by DVS to work collaboratively with the U.S. Department of Veterans Administration (VA). DVS improved functionality of an existing service for veterans and the agency to completely automate the veterans' claims filing system. Processing time for claims filed has been reduced from 45 days to an average of 11 days.

Recognizing synergies and potential, the commonwealth centralized its efforts and gathered an impressive cross-section of leadership to guide the fledgling unmanned systems, or drones, industry. The Virginia Unmanned Systems Commission was recognized for successfully enabling alignment of government, business, education and citizen interests positioning the state as the first choice for this new technology.

من خلال "الحد من المخاطر من خلال تحديد بيانات المؤسسة،" VITA، قام موقع VITA بتنفيذ تحليل شامل للتهديدات على نطاق واسع لاتجاه متزايد في الهجمات الخبيثة الناجحة. حددت VITA اثنين من ناقلات الهجوم الهامة، مما أدى إلى انخفاض بنسبة 54 في المائة في الحوادث الأمنية بين الأشهر الستة السابقة للمشروع وستة أشهر بعد اكتماله.

سيتم النظر في المرشحين النهائيين في فرجينيا عند اختيار مبادرة واحدة في كل فئة لتكريمها في المؤتمر السنوي لمنظمة NASCIO في أورلاندو الشهر المقبل. كانت المشاريع والمبادرات من الولايات والأقاليم ومقاطعة كولومبيا الأعضاء في NASCIO مؤهلة للترشيح، وتم اختيار المرشحين النهائيين من قبل لجنة الجوائز التابعة لـ NASCIO من بين أكثر من 130 مرشح. للمزيد من المعلومات عن المرشحين النهائيين للجائزة، يرجى زيارة الموقع الإلكتروني http://www.nascio.org/newsroom.