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<p class="MsoNormal">Florida’s “Excellence in Technology” awards have been established to recognize state and local government information technology (IT) projects and professionals demonstrating excellence and providing value to the State of Florida and its
citizens. The recognition process is a collaboration between the Agency for State Technology (AST) and e.Republic/Government Technology (GovTech), who hosts the annual Florida Digital Government Summit each May, where the winners will be announced.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Timeline for 2017 Awards Process:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Feb 24 – Nomination instructions and form(s) distributed; nominations open<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">March 17 – Project Nominations due (PDF emailed to awards@ast.myflorida.com)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">March 17 – Individual Nominations due (name/verbiage emailed to awards@ast.myflorida.com)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">March 31 – Eligibility Reviews completed by AST<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">May 18-19 – Awards presented during the Florida Digital Government Summit<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The following awards will be presented:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">1. Project Awards: Recognize superlative IT projects completed during the prior two calendar years (January 1, 2015 – December 31, 2016), which demonstrate benefits and value for the State of Florida and its citizens. Final determination
of award will be made by e.Republic.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">2. Agency Individual Awards: Recognize individuals in agency IT organizations (maximum of one per agency) for “above and beyond” performance that translates into results providing benefits and value for the State of Florida and its citizens.
There is no judging. The agency’s submission is that agency’s winner.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">3. Statewide Individual Award: Recognize a single individual from the list of agency individual awards as “Florida Information Technology Professional of the Year”, for his/her outstanding performance and results in providing benefits and
value for the State of Florida and its citizens. Final determination of award will be made by e.Republic.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">See the attached documents for more information and please submit nominations!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333">Richard Butgereit, GISP<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333">Chief Information Officer</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333">Florida Division of Emergency Management</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333"><a href="mailto:richard.butgereit@em.myflorida.com">richard.butgereit@em.myflorida.com</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">former phone - 850-413-9907 (forwarded to new number)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">new phone – 850-815-4701</span><span style="color:navy"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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