
A look at past projects, nominees, and winners of the Golden GOVIT Awards!
2020 Golden GOVIT Award Winners!





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Congratulations, Craig & Hennepin County!
COLLABORATION AWARD
And the winner is…. Craig Troska of Hennepin County, Minnesota
Project Title: Rapid response IT team to help county departments serve residents remotely
COVID-19 presented a new challenge to Hennepin County: How can we deliver services to residents while working remotely? IT formed a rapid response team to create and implement innovative technology solutions to help address this challenge. Solutions from this team were in response to a specific business need. Post implementation, solutions will be re-evaluated to determine to be either a one-time resolution or begin the process of becoming a permanent IT service.

Congratulations, Chris & MNIT Services!
INDIVIDUAL LEADER AWARD
And the winner is…. Chris Luhman of Minnesota IT Services
Chris understands the interactions between people, processes, and technology. He values sustainable innovation over implementing new technology, providing strategic guidance to management and staff. His insight and expertise are evident in his work to automate and standardize application security processes. Chris is also an asset and team champion when it comes to addressing technical security debt associated with legacy applications.

Congratulations, Jim & the
Department of Child & Family Services!
INNOVATION AWARD
And the winner is…. Jim Daugherty of the Department of Child & Family Services, State of Illinois
Project Title: Team Youth App – Child Welfare Solution
The Teams Youth App is a solution leveraging Microsoft Teams to help Case Workers connect in a more connected way with the Youth in the Child Welfare System. This Teams Youth App was created as a way to connect the Youth to their case worker and a group of other safe/circle of trust folks. This solution was built leveraging what the customer already owned from Microsoft and was a great brainchild and innovative idea by the CIO for the State of Illinois DCFS.

Congratulations, Tikki Brown &
MN Department of Human Services!
RAPID RESPONSE AWARD
And the winner is…. Tikki Brown of the Economic Assistance & Employment Supports, MN Department of Human Services
Project Title: Pandemic – EBT
On March 27, 2020, the congressional Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act created the Pandemic-EBT program to get resources to buy food to children who qualified for free and reduced lunches at school. Since children were not attending school, this group of children in very low income families were at risk of not having enough food to eat. By May 29, the Economic Assistance and Employment Services Division of the Minnesota Department of Human Services in collaboration with Code for America was able to launch a brand new program that reached 267,000 children in Minnesota.

Congratulations, Vickie Kittilson
& Washington County!
SERVICE AWARD
And the winner is…. Vickie Kittilson of Washington County, Minnesota
Project Title: CARES Act Rental Assistance Form
The form was created for our Community Social Services Department as a way to allow individuals to submit a request for financial assistance to help with rent, mortgage, or utilities due to COVID-19. They fill out the form on the County’s public website and it is sent securely into our SharePoint environment. The form is a contactless way for Washington County to receive and process the information. Citizens can also call in to apply for assistance. Advantages include limiting person to person contact, ease of submission, and faster processing of applications.
Once the application is submitted employees are assigned and then set up a phone interview with the individuals applying for assistance to verify and finalize the application. Once verified and approved the process generates invoices that are processed for payment by the accounting team.
2019 Golden GOVIT Award Winners and Nominees!




2019 COLLABORATION AWARD
2019 INNOVATION AWARD
2019 SERVICE AWARD
2019 INDIVIDUAL AWARD
2018 Golden GOVIT Award Winners and Nominees!




2018 COLLABORATION AWARD
2018 INNOVATION AWARD
2018 SERVICE AWARD
2018 INDIVIDUAL AWARD
2017 Golden GOVIT Award Winners and Nominees!



