Eleven exemplary initiatives were chosen as recipients for the National Association of State Chief Information Officers’ (NASCIO) 2018 Recognition Awards for outstanding achievement in information technology in state government.

Recipients were announced this evening during the NASCIO Annual Conference in San Diego. This marks the 30th consecutive year NASCIO has honored outstanding information technology achievements in the public sector through the awards program. Recipients were selected by the NASCIO Awards Committee from a field of more than 100 nominees.

The Oregon Department of Revenue Core Systems Replacement touched nearly every corner of the organization, provides a modern state-of-the-art system, and transformed organizational operations by creating new and more efficient workflows and business processes. This four-and-a-half-year project replaced 87 of the DOR’s core legacy tax systems with GenTax, a commercial off-the-shelf tax administration software from Fast Enterprises. This project was completed on time and under budget.

A multi-year modernization project to replace the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ legacy tax administration system with Fast Enterprises’ (FAST’s) GenTax integrated tax software has been awarded the Excellence in Technology Award as part of the 2018 Massachusetts Digital Government Summit.

Project representatives from the commonwealth’s Department of Revenue and the Executive Office for Administration and Finance accepted the project award, which honors outstanding achievements and innovative technology initiatives in the Massachusetts public sector.

The 2018 winners of the StateScoop 50 awards — which annually highlight the best and brightest in the State IT community — were announced Sunday, April 22 in Baltimore, Maryland, at the beginning of the National Association of State Chief Information Officers’ midyear conference.

The awards, which were presented for their fifth consecutive year, honor state government information technology and cybersecurity executives, industry influencers, up-and-comers and innovative projects.

CO DRIVES was recognized as one of the State IT Innovations of the Year!

As part of the Maryland Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Administration’s (MDOT MVA) continued commitment to provide premier service to all Marylanders, the agency announced a new project called Customer Connect to modernize all information technology (IT) systems it uses to deliver services to customers. The Maryland Board of Public Works just approved the five-year project.

“Customer Connect will allow us to expand on the efficiencies we have already realized at MDOT MVA by using technology to further streamline processes and fulfill our mission to connect customers to life’s opportunities,” said MDOT Secretary Pete K. Rahn.

On Jan. 31, 2013, California pulled the plug on a long overdue modernization of its Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) IT systems. Originally scheduled to be completed that March, the state and its prime contractor had only managed to finish one portion of the $208 million system overhaul.

But California was not the only state to stumble. From coast to coast, DMVs struggled to drag their IT systems into the 21st century. Instead of creating new efficiencies for driver’s licensing and motor vehicle registrations, states were reporting false starts, failures and lawsuits. Meanwhile, as Americans were growing used to oneclick, online orders for retail purchases, they found themselves still heading down to the local DMV office to stand in line, where wait times were lengthening while IT upgrades languished.