The Envelopes, Please: Nominate for CIO Academy Awards

Do you work in the public sector under a CIO who deserves recognition for his or her leadership, customer service or stewardship? Nominations have opened for the California CIO Academy Awards Program.

The awards, presented by Public CIO magazine, will recognize individuals in California government organizations for their outstanding contributions, best practices and works of distinction. Awards submissions should be made here. 

The awards ceremony will be held Feb. 28 at the Sacramento Sheraton Grand. The submissions deadline is midnight Jan. 12.

Awards are presented in the following categories:

• The California CIO Academy IT Leadership Award
• California Public CIO of the Year, given to the CIO who demonstrates vision and leadership;
• California Public CTO of the Year, given to the CTO who demonstrates vision and

Agencies or departments may select up to two nominees.

Criteria are for a public-sector chief information officer and chief technology officer who exemplifies the following attributes:

• Demonstrates outstanding leadership;
• Develops future IT leaders;
• Develops innovative solutions to help your organization achieve its goals;
• Creates an outstanding technology organization; and
• Creates strategies to promote information sharing and collaboration among government organizations.

Last year, two state department CIOs -- George Akiyama of Caltrans and Subbarao Mupparaju of FI$Cal -- were honored as co-recipients of the CIO of the Year Award. The previous year's winner in the Large Agency or Department category was Chief Scott Howland, CIO of the California Highway Patrol. Awards were also given in the categories of Small or Medium Department or Agency; and Local Government. Last year's winners in the Small or Medium category were Ron Robinette of the California Department of Community Services and Development; and Scott Christman of the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development. Local Government CIO of the Year awards were presented to Nevada County CIO Steve Monaghan and Alameda County CIO Tim Dupuis.

You may edit your nomination at any time up to the closing date (1/12/18) by logging in to Nominations page and clicking on your entry title under the "Nominations" tab. Be sure to hit "Save Nomination" before exiting. Retain your document for your records. 

All nominations must come from the public sector. For more information about the event, awards or the number of nominations your department or agency may make, email rfriedman@govtech.com.

An earlier version of this story contained incorrect information about last year's award winners. The story and photo caption have been updated.