2024 Commonwealth of Virginia Innovative Technology Symposium (COVITS)
COVITS brings together technology-focused public-sector professionals with leading industry partners to connect on innovative approaches, get inspired and discover new technologies. The 2024 event will be held on Sept. 11. Learn more at the event website https://events.govtech.com/covits.html.
2024 Commonwealth Technology Awards
During COVITS we'll announce winners of the Commonwealth Technology Awards, a program that recognizes public sector information technology projects that improve government service delivery and efficiency. Good news! The deadline for the Commonwealth Technology Awards program submissions has been extended until Tuesday, Aug. 6 at 6 p.m.
The 2023 Commonwealth Technology Awards program was held at the 2023 COVITS event. Then-Deputy Secretary of Administration Joyce Reed and Chief Information Officer of the Commonwealth Robert Osmond recognized and congratulated program winners.
2023 Winners Archive
Congratulations to the 2023 Commonwealth Technology Award winners:
IT as a Business Driver
- State: Virginia Department Of Motor Vehicles, Driver's License Start Anywhere Initiative
- Local: City of Virginia Beach, Data Center Modernization Project
- Local: County of Orange, Virginia Fire & Call Data Dashboard
Innovative Use of Technology
- State: Virginia Department of Health, Vaccine Appointment Scheduling Engine
- State: Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development - Office of Broadband, Broadband Mapping Availability
- Local: Buckingham County, Solid Waste Management System
- Local: City of Virginia Beach, Flood VISION-AI
- Local: Rockingham County, VA, Histories Along the Blue Ridge Project
Innovative Use of Big Data and Analytics
- State: Virginia Department Of Motor Vehicles, Monthly Business Review Program
- Local: Chesterfield County, Analytics Wrapped
Cybersecurity and Privacy Initiatives
- State: Virginia Department of Corrections, G-Team MOU Process Implementation
- Local: Fairfax County Government, Incident Response and Offensive Security Enhancements
Best Customer Experience Initiative
- State: Virginia Department of Health, Amplifying Public Health Understanding through COVID-19 Data
- State: Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, Permitting Enhancement and Evaluation Platform
- State: Virginia Information Technologies Agency, Messaging Migration Program
- Local: Roanoke County, Virginia, Glo Fiber App
- Education: James Madison University, Learning Access through Universal Design