We have the government to thank for the internet, GPS and unmanned aerial systems. Much of the machine learning and advanced analytics powering the data-driven economy are made possible by government-funded research. And agencies themselves are being transformed by new technologies and innovative ways of weaving IT into critical missions.
Public-sector tech, in other words, is far cooler than the government often gets credit for. These awards aim to give these innovators the credit they deserve.
The Public Sector Innovation category focuses on transformative tech that is truly reinventing government -- at the federal, state and local levels. That potentially mission-critical impact can stem from a new technology itself or from the innovative ways established tech is being leveraged to make government function better.
Congratulations to 2018's winning Public Sector Innovations, which are listed below. Each will be profiled in more detail this fall, and honored in person at the Nov. 8 Government Innovation Awards dinner.
3-D Printing for Replacement F-35 Parts
U.S. Marine Corps, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, Combat Logistic Battalion 31
Administrative Data Research Facility
Census Bureau
Ambient Temperature Monitoring in the Global Supply Chain
USAID
Business Intelligence for Better Oversight
Government Accountability Office
BUYSMARTER Initiative
Department of Health and Human Services
Career PathFinder
County of Los Angeles
Code.gov
General Services Administration
Cyber Direct Commissioning Program
U.S Army, Cyber Command
Enhanced Dynamic Geo-Social Environment
Department of Homeland Security, Science and Technology Directorate
Federalist
General Services Administration
FedRAMP Tailored
General Services Administration
High-Fidelity Adaptive Deception & Emulation System
Sandia National Laboratories
HSIN Migration to AWS GovCloud
Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Information Network (HSIN)
Human Capital IT Modernization
Office of Personnel Management, Human Resources Line of Business (HRLOB)
Intelligent Grants Automation
Department of Health and Human Services
International Trade Blockchain Proof of Concept
Customs and Border Protection
JPL Open Source Rover
NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
LEADER Replacement System (LRS)
Los Angeles County, Department of Public Social Services
MOCYBER RockNSM
Missouri National Guard/Air National Guard
North Atlantic Right Whale Protection System
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
OC Ballot Express
Orange County, Calif., Registrar of Voters
Ohio Benefits Process Automation Pilot Project
Ohio Department of Administrative Services
Paper Automation & Digitization
Federal Election Commission
Risk-limiting post-election audits
Colorado Department of State
Roadway Monitoring with AI and IoT
City of South Bend, Ind., Department of Public Works
Software-Defined Networking for the DISN and the DoDIN
Defense Information Systems Agency
StormSense
Virginia Commonwealth Center of Recurrent Flooding Resiliency; City of Virginia Beach; City of Newport News; City of Norfolk; National Institute of Standards and Technology
Transforming SBA Cybersecurity via the Cloud
Small Business Administration
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Healthcare Delivery
USAID
Unstructured Machinery Repair for Navy Ships
U.S. Navy, Military Sealift Command
VA Medical Images & Reports
Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration
Violent Criminal Apprehension Program (ViCAP)
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Virtual Situation Room
City of Independence, Ore.
Wake County Tax Assessment Model
Wake County, N.C., Revenue Department
Wireless Vital Signs Monitor
U.S. Navy, Office of Naval Research
Wrong-Way Driver Detection System
Arizona Department of Transportation