Innovate

Key Innovate Project Wins 2008 GCN Award for Agency IT Achievement
Innovate personnel have been key players in the development of EPA’s GeoData Gateway (GDG) and EPA Metadata Editor (EME). These two projects are cornerstones of EPA’s comprehensive metadata sharing and management framework. On October 20, 2008, Government Computer News honored EPA’s geospatial metadata framework as one of the top 10 government agencies whose information technology initiatives are being recognized as the best of 2008. For more information, please see the full article: http://www.gcn.com/print/27_26/47379-1.html

2008 Environmental Systems Research Institute’s (ESRI) Second Place Embedded GIS Application
DSAS 4.0: An Extension for Computing Shoreline Change with Dynamic Topology and MATLAB Interface won second place for Best Embedded GIS Application at the 2008 ESRI International User Software Applications Fair. Innovate personnel were the primary developers for DSAS. For additional information, please see http://www.esri.com/events/uc/results/app_fair.html

2008 EPA CIO Award for Innovation
Innovate’s successful work on the Exchange Network (EN) Performance Measurement Program has won our client the prestigious EPA CIO Award for Innovation. This award is given out to the project teams for program excellence. The Performance Measurement Program has become a demand driven product sought out by top executives, tribes, and EPA. The project team is praised for working collaboratively with the large number of stakeholders involved as well as for consistently keeping the stakeholder fully engaged. Innovate has had a hand in all aspects of this program from its inception and has helped to make the program the success it is today.

2008 EPA Mason Hewitt Award
The GeoData Gateway (GDG) and EPA Metadata Editor (EME) won the 2008 EPA Mason Hewitt Award for Advancing EPA’s Geospatial Efforts. Each spring, EPA’s Geographic Information System (GIS) Community gathers together to recognize its most significant annual achievement through the Mason Hewitt Award (MHA). The Award was established over a decade ago after Mason Hewitt, one of the founders of EPA’s geospatial program, died in a tragic motorcycle accident. The winner is chosen by the GIS community through a popular vote. The GDG and EME provide EPA with an effective, robust solution for geospatial data and metadata management. The GDG is very rapidly becoming the heart of EPA’s Geospatial Data Management Program, and has been recognized by the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) Secretariat Metadata Subcommittee as a model for other agencies to follow. Innovate personnel were the primary developers of the EME and have been heavily engaged in the design, development and implementation of the GDG.

2007 ArcUser Magazine Feature Article
The EPA Metadata Editor (EME) was featured in the September 2007 ArcUser Magazine. Innovate personnel were the primary developers of the EME. To view the article, please see http://www.esri.com/arcuser/0807/metadata editor.html

2007 Environmental Systems Research Institute’s (ESRI) Best Embedded GIS Application
EPA Metadata Editor (EME) won the coveted first place spot for Best Embedded GIS Application at the 2007 ESRI International User Software Applications Fair. Innovate personnel were the primary developers of the EME.

2007 EPA/CIO Partnership Award, eAuthentication
Innovate! performed an e-Authentication Pilot with the U.S. General Services Administration , U.S. EPA and the State of Indiana. It was awarded an EPA CIO Partnerships Award, as part of OEI’s 2007 Award Ceremony.

2005 EPA/CIO Innovation Award, Central Data Exchange Business Case
Innovate! performed a business case for EPA’s Central Data Exchange (CDX). Given limited data availability, Innovate created a model that allowed the missing pieces of data to be generated in a way that had all stakeholders aligned.
“I know you will be there in spirit with the EPA team to receive this award because it was YOUR innovation, dedication and leadership on the project that made it successful. You personify the kind of industry/government partnership that is leading to better IT management and environmental results for the Agency. Thank you for your continuing contributions to our work here.” –EPA Project Lead

2005 EPA/CIO Partnership Award, eAuthentication
Innovate! performed an e-Authentication Pilot with the U.S. General Services Administration , U.S. EPA and the State of Illinois. It was awarded an EPA CIO Partnerships Award, as part of OEI’s 2005 Award Ceremony.
“This is in recognition of your leadership in developing partnerships to test approaches that save Federal and State resources and contribute to the missions of the involved agencies.“