Pioneer Awards

Additionally, Pioneer Awards, sponsored by Andersen Consulting, were presented at the eGov conference before an audience of 500 by Deputy Commerce Secretary Robert L. Mallet, to the:

U.S. Department of Defense for Joint Electronic Commerce Program; Ohio Department of Jobs and Families for OhioWorks.com;

Internal Revenue Service and Financial Management Service for the Electronic Federal Tax Payment System;

Morrow-Umatilla Workforce Quality Committee in Oregon for Work-Links;

Social Security Administration for Access America for Seniors;

U.S. Mint for e-Business Transformation;

Fairfax County for Public Access Initiatives;

Defense Logistics Agency's Document Automation and Production Service for the Procurement Gateway;

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Real Estate Assessment Center for the Financial Assessment System;

U.S. Census Bureau for the Addresses Update/New Construction Program;

Office of the Assistance Secretary of Defense, Health Affairs, for the Defense Medical Logistics Standard Support Program;

Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles for Virtual Customer Service; Pacific e-Health Innovation Center for Pacific Medical Network;

HUD Office of Public & Indian Housing (PIH) for the PIH Information Center;

U.S. Department of Education Office of Student Financial Assistance for FAFSA on the Web;

U.S. Department of Agriculture Office of Community Development for the Rural Development Data Mining System;

U.S. Department of the Navy and Office of the Assistant Secretary for the LIFELines Quality of Life Initiative;

NextBus System for the San Francisco Municipal Transit Authority;

U.S. Department of the Treasury and Bureau of the Public Debt for the TreasuryDirect Electronic Services;

and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration for the GCPR Framework Project.

These Pioneer Award recipients were selected for using outstanding Electronic Government Best practices following a competitive nomination and selection process. This process was based on how the nominees had streamlined operations and improved government services.