Leon County MIS Division Wins International Computerworld Award

Congratulations to the LCBCC Management Information Systems (MIS) Division! TalTech Alliance recently received news that they received a prestigious award from Computerworld.

Here is the official press release:

The Leon County Board of County Commissioners'
Management Information Systems (MIS) Division has won the 2009
International Computerworld Award for its North Florida Pawn Network, a
program that was nominated by multinational information technology giant
IBM. This award follows several other accolades the program received,
including an InfoWorld Award and a National Association of Counties
(NACo) Achievement Award.

The County was honored at the 22nd Annual Laureates Medal Ceremony &
Gala Awards, last week at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington,
D.C., joining 150 other laureates from 22 countries.

The Computerworld Honors Program (formerly the Smithsonian Awards)
acknowledges individuals and organizations that have used information
technology to benefit society, bringing together leaders of the world's
foremost information technology companies to recognize the most
outstanding user achievements in technology every year.

The Leon County Board of County Commissioners' submission, the North
Florida Pawn Network (NFPN), was implemented in cooperation with the
Leon County Sheriff's Office and the Florida Department of Law
Enforcement to provide law enforcement agencies a multi-jurisdictional
pawned property management system within Florida.

This system is low-cost and easy to use, yet it is a robust
investigative tool and has been instrumental in solving crimes and
returning stolen property statewide. The system spans from Walton County
to Marion County, encompassing more than 20 other counties as active
partners, but all of Florida's 67 counties have benefitted from the
effort.

"Just being nominated is a remarkable achievement by our MIS staff and
partner agencies, but this win is extraordinary, and we are extremely
proud of our team's hard work," said County Administrator Parwez Alam.
"We have been recognized on an international scale, and that speaks
volumes about the kind of work our staff is doing for the citizens of
Leon County."

Leon County MIS' submission will become part of the Computerworld Honors
Program Global Archives and will be added to more than 350 university
and national archives.

"This is a great honor, and we are thankful to IBM for the nomination,"
said Leon County MIS Director Pat Curtis. "Our team worked extremely
hard on this project, and we are proud
to join some of the most innovative organizations and people in the
world who use technology to promote positive social, economic and
educational change."

Computerworld is the leading source of technology news and information
worldwide. It leads the industry with an online audience of more than
three million unique, monthly visitors and a print audience of more than
a million readers each issue.

For more information, visit www.cwhonors.org or contact the Leon County
Public Information Office at (850) 606-5300 or pio@leoncountyfl.gov