The State of Tennessee is a finalist in three categories for awards from the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO).
@TennCare and F&A's STS with @StephDedmon are finalists for prestigious annual awards from @NASCIO. Winners are announced next month; we are proud to be among the finalists! #TeamTN #BestManagedState https://t.co/uiOQrdHdBd pic.twitter.com/OeoEC1DOsm
— TN Dept of F&A (@TNDeptofFandA) September 6, 2022
According to its website, NASCIO’s mission is to “foster government excellence through quality business practices, information management, and technology policy.”
The Division of TennCare and Strategic Technology Solutions (STS) in the Tennessee Department of Finance & Administration (F&A) are among 31 projects out of 90 submitted from 16 states that are finalists for NASCIO’s State IT Recognition Awards, according to a press release by F&A.
TennCare is the state’s managed Medicaid agency while STS serves as the central information technology service bureau to state departments and commissions.
NASCIO states that, in ten different categories, “the award nominations showcase the use of information technology to address critical business problems, more easily connect citizens to their government, improve business processes and create new opportunities that improve the lives of citizens.”
In NASCIO’s category of Enterprise IT Management Initiatives, TennCare is nominated for a cloud services project while STS is nominated for projects in NASCIO’s categories of Data Management, Analytics & Visualization and Emerging & Innovative Technologies.
“The professionals in our technology division are true innovators when there’s a business problem in any of the state’s functions, especially when there’s an opportunity to improve services to citizens,” F&A Commissioner Jim Bryson said in a statement. “Technology enables us to do so much more for citizens, but it only works well when you have IT professionals who find creative solutions that are manageable and flexible. I am very proud to work with the dedicated teams of problem-solvers we have at STS.”
In October, NASCIO’s annual conference in Louisville, Kentucky will announce the finalists in all 10 categories.
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Kaitlin Housler is a reporter at The Tennessee Star and The Star News Network.
Photo “NASCIO” by National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO).
My experience with state IT efforts makes me wonder just how bad the competition must be.