PTI (Public Technology Institute) Awards

April 2007- "Serving Up GIS Data for Emergency Managers." 2006/2007 Technology Solutions Award - Honorable Mention.

April 2009- "It Happened Here: GIS Data as Demonstrative Evidence." 2008/2009 Technology Solutions Award, GIS Category. County Press Release.

March 2009- GIS Configuration Management Practices was named an "Innovation Lab" by PTI.

The PTI Innovation Lab program is a "mark of excellence" used to recognize local governments for the successful deployment of technology solutions or practices. Montgomery County is the first County government in the nation to be recognized and only the third organization to be recognized, the others being the NYC Housing Authority and the City of Tallahassee, FL.

Program Submission. County Press Release

NACo (National Association of Counties) Awards

DTS-GIS Receives Two NACo Achievement Awards for 2008
An Innovative Way of Using Motor Vehicle Records to Address Buildings and GIS Data in a Format Non-GIS Users Understand:Google were recognized by the National Association of Counties (NACo) as innovative programs that contribute and enhance county governments in the United States. Since 1997, DTS-GIS has received achievement awards from NACo for the following (the bulleted links below go to the NACo web site):

• Police Re-districting / Beat Realignment System (1997)
• GIS Map Room on the Net (1999)
• GIS Intranet Server (2000)
• GIS and Agricultural Preservation: An Agricultural Land e-Valuation Program (2000)
• Parking Services Web Site (2001)
• CUPF Ball Fields Guide (2001)
• Apartment Rental Guide On-line Application and Web Site (2002)
• Streetlight Maintenance Reporting Map Service (2002)
• Job Access Project (2002)
• Digital Aerial Photo Image Server (DAPIS) (2003)
• Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) (2003)
• Enabling Water Quality Protection Charge Program (2003)
• Emergency Operation Center Application (2003)
• An Enterprise Geodatabase (2004)
• Route Mapper / Places of Interest Guide (2004)
• Constructing a Regional GIS Database for First Responders (2005)
• Building Inventory Application (2005)
• Serving up GIS Data for Emergency Managers (2006, also Best of Category)
• Targeting Programs and Enhancing Revenues With the Help of GIS (2006)
• Several Maps in One: Providing Multi-Layered PDF Maps to the Public (2007)
• An Innovative Way of Using Motor Vehicle Records to Address Buildings (2008)
• GIS Data in a Format Non-GIS Users Understand: Google (2008)