October 3, 2017

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The NASCIO State IT Recognition Awards honor Minnesota IT Service’s excellence and innovation in the implementation of Tempo Go Live! and the creation of the Minnesota Geospatial Commons.

St. Paul, MN: The National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) selected two Minnesota IT Services’ (MNIT) projects, Tempo Go Live! and the Minnesota Geospatial Commons, to receive State IT Recognition Awards. Minnesota IT Services’ Commissioner Thomas Baden, Minnesota Geospatial Commons lead Dan Ross, and Chief Business Technology Officer Darrell Johnson accepted the awards on behalf of MNIT on October 4 at the NASCIO 2017 Annual Conference in Austin, Texas.

For 29 consecutive years, NASCIO has presented State IT Recognition Awards to honor initiatives in state government that use technology to solve problems, connect citizens to government, streamline services, and optimize results.

Tempo Go Live! was recognized as a winner in the “Digital Government: Government to Business” category. The project updated the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) staff’s main monitoring system, which in turn helped the MPCA achieve their mission to protect and improve the environment and enhance human health.

The Minnesota Geospatial Commons took home the award in the “Information Communications Technology Innovations” category. The Minnesota Geospatial Commons is a collaborative public website where technologists can access hundreds of geospatial resources composed of data, metadata, maps, services, and applications. Visit the Geospatial Commons here.

“Minnesota IT Services partners with agencies to provide resources to the people of Minnesota,” said Minnesota IT Services Commissioner Thomas Baden. “Tempo Go Live!, which improved data quality and reporting efforts at the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, and the Minnesota Geospatial Commons, which allows users to search for geospatial resources in one place, are fine examples of our collaborative efforts to enhance user experience.”

“Minnesota IT Services constantly strives to improve our state’s existing systems. Tempo Go Live! and the Minnesota Geospatial Commons were both significant efforts to improve government operations through agency collaboration and shared technology. Minnesota IT Services’ staff worked hard to bring these two successful projects to life, and we thank NASCIO for the recognition,” said MNIT’s Deputy Commissioner, Jenna Covey.

Read the Press Release from NASCIO announcing the award finalists on its website here.

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