DoD CIO Award

2011 DOD CIO Award Ceremony at the PentagonConference Center on December 16, 2011. (U.S. Army Photo by Leroy Council, AMVID)

December 2011 — Department of Defense announces the recipients of this year’s DoD Chief Information Officer Awards at a Pentagon ceremony.

This year marked the 11th anniversary of the DoD CIO Award and is the highest honor recognized by the department for achievement in information management and information technology. More than 70 nominations were submitted worldwide including both civilian government employees and military. The applicants were evaluated based on their outstanding achievement in one or more of the following eight critical areas:  acquisition; architecture and interoperability infrastructure; identity and information assurance and cyber operations; management and standards; synchronized and responsive operations and services; capital planning and optimized information technology investments; information management/technology/assurance workforce; and information sharing and data management. The award winners were chosen because of their exemplary performance in improving information delivery and dissemination, management capability, cost reduction and savings, a broad user base, process, mission impact, and net-centricity.

Team awards were presented to:
First Place— Office of the Defense Representative of Pakistan (ODR-P) J6 Military and Civilian staff members.