StateScoop 50 Awards voting open through April 10
StateScoop 50 Awards voting open through April 10
Voting is open for the 2026 StateScoop 50 Awards, which include nominations of key leaders and one project from the Virginia IT Agency (VITA), as well as VITA's Office of Data Governance and Analytics. These awards honor the best and brightest who make state government more efficient and effective. Please visit the StateScoop 50 Awards website to vote as many times and as often as you'd like here: https://statescoop.com/statescoop50/vote/. Below are VITA's nominees:
Golden Gov
- Bob Osmond, CIO of the Commonwealth
- Marcus Thornton, deputy chief data officer
State Leadership
- Michael Watson, chief information security officer
- Naveen Abraham, chief of infrastructure services
- Chris Burroughs, director of data governance
- Chris Wooten, director of data engineering and architecture
State IT Innovation of the Year
- Substance Use Disorder Analytics (SUDA)
StateScoop chooses several winners from each category, so there's no need to limit your votes to just one nominee. There's also no limit to the number of times you can vote, so feel free to submit votes today, tomorrow and as often as you like before the April 10 deadline.