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Local Governments Deliver Winning
Technology Solutions
01/27/03
Washington D.C.
PTI, a national non-profit technology research and
development organization for local governments announces
the winning entries for its 2002 Technology Solutions
Awards program.
The PTI Technology Solutions Awards is a national
program recognizing local governments that use
technology to increase revenues, improve service to
their community, save tax dollars, or improve
management. Entries were judged with jurisdictions of
similar size in Energy, Environment, Public Safety,
Telecommunications & Information Technology, and
Transportation categories based on technology employed
and services delivered.
"The PTI Technology Solutions Awards program continues
to bring together the finest solutions at the local
government level," said PTI President Costis Toregas.
"What makes these entries so impressive is the
jurisdictions' willingness to do something different in
the public sector to benefit the people they serve. What
has impressed me in the past about these entries is that
cities and counties continue to look at various uses of
technology, both within, and just as important, outside
the acknowledged IT arena."
The 2002 PTI Technology Solutions Awards winners are:
LARGE (Population more than 700,000)
Environment
San Diego, California o Web Based Landscape Watering
Calculator
Energy
New York, New York o Central Park Police Precinct Fuel
Cell
Public Safety
Florida Department of Corrections, Tallahassee, Florida
o Turning Data Into Information to Enhance Public Safety
and Save Tax Dollars
IT & Telecommunication
San Diego, California o SHARQ (Sewer History Activity
Repository & Query)
Transportation
Montgomery County, MD o Public Outreach: Effective
Communication Using Visual Technology
MID-SIZE (Population between 100,000 to 699,999)
Environment
Memphis, TN o Internet Tax Sale Project
Energy
Portland, OR o No-Cost, Energy Saving Traffic Signal
System
Public Safety
Tucson, AZ COPLINK
IT & Telecommunication
Portland, OR o Integrated Regional Network Enterprise
Transportation
Tucson, AZ o Regional Transportation Center
SMALL (Population under 100,000)
Environment
Santa Monica, California o Green Building Program Design
Advisor
Energy
Santa Monica, CA o Colorado Court Sustainable and
Affordable Apartments
Public Safety
Delray Beach, FL o Auto Response Mobile System (A.R.M.S.)
IT & Telecommunication
Santa Monica, CA o Local Voter Information
Transportation
Santa Monica, CA o Transit Mall Kiosk System
Awards winners will be honored at a ceremony on
Thursday, April 10, 2003 at the PTI Congress of Public
Technologists in Miami, FL, April 9-11, 2003. Winning
entries will also be featured in the 2002 Top 25
Technology Solutions publication that will be
distributed to local government leaders.
PTI wishes to thank CH2M HILL Communications Group for
their support of the Solutions program.
Judges for the annual event were Mary Ann Anthony of the
Maryland Municipal IT Directors Association, Enid
Beaumont representing the National Academy of Public
Administration (NAPA), Lawson Brooks of ACS State &
Local Solutions, Tim Honey of Sister Cities
International, John Stein Monroe of Federal Computer
Week, Douglas Peterson of the National League of Cities
(NLC), and Christine Ulrich of the International
City/County Management Association (ICMA).
PTI is a non-profit technology research and development
organization based in Washington, DC. Its membership of
city and county governments represent the largest and
most technology innovative local government in the
nation. PTI's mission is to bring the benefits of
technology to local governments. Since being established
in 1971, PTI has been closely affiliated with NLC, the
National Association of Counties (NACo), and ICMA and
has collaborated on a variety of projects and activities
involving local government technology issues. Additional
news and information about the organization is available
at www.pti.org.
For more information about the PTI Technology Solutions
Awards program contact Daniel Woltman, Product Marketing
Manager at 202/626.2445. |
