Virginians honored for IT leadership

Richmond Times-Dispatch Mar 23, 2006


Virginia's Chief Information Officer Lemuel C. Stewart Jr. and Manassas Mayor Douglas Waldron have been honored as national IT leaders.

The two were named to Government Technology's 2005 Top 25 Doer, Dreamers and Drivers list.

Government Technology, an organization that conducts information-technology studies and provides IT applications, annually honors people who advance technology's role in government and society.

This year's list highlights those who have accomplished IT reform goals.

Stewart heads the Virginia Information Technologies Agency, the state's recently consolidated technology-services provider.

He was praised for successfully integrating the staffs and resources of 90 agencies into one organization and for streamlining the government's IT infrastructure while maintaining service continuity.

The honors list called attention to Stewart's role in the $2 billion, 10-year public-private outsourcing partnership with Northrop Grumman.

Waldron was cited for his efforts in making Manassas the first U.S. municipality to offer broadband over power lines, termed BPL. BPL technology allows about 12,500 households and 2,500 businesses in Manassas to access the Internet from electrical outlets.

-- Peter Bacqué