AFEI Announces Winners of its 2015 Excellence in Enterprise Information Awards

ARLINGTON, Va., Jan. 6, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Association for Enterprise Information (AFEI) is proud to announce the winners of its 2015 Excellence in Enterprise Information Awards. The National Nuclear Security Administration is being recognized for the G2 Enterprise Information Management System while the Institute for Defense Analyses receives an award for its Automated Information Triage for Rapid Decision Making project for the Department of Defense. A third award recognizes the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency for its Agency Agility Strategic Initiative. These awards signify outstanding, innovative use of technology to increase efficiency and improve operations across an enterprise.

The winning organizations demonstrated, in the opinion of the judges, the best applications of innovation and technology to improve enterprise performance. Quantifiable metrics, long-term strategic effect, cultural change and measureable accomplishments were all clear attributes of the winning nominations.

The Excellence in Enterprise Information awards program is always highly competitive. "This is one of the highlights of the year for AFEI" commented Greg Wenzel, Executive Vice President at Booz Allen Hamilton and Chairman of the AFEI Board of Directors. "The nominations are examples of how well the American public is being served by the superb and innovative IT programs delivered in both the public and private sectors. AFEI is raising the level of awareness about the tremendous work being done by both industry and government in combining innovation and emerging technologies to solve the government's most complex enterprise problems."

"AFEI is extremely proud of this award program" said David Chesebrough, President of the association. "Over the years we have received many nominations and each of them reflects the hard work and creativity that is happening across government and industry." Synopses of these and the remaining nominations can be found at the AFEI web site (http://www.afei.org/awards.

About the Excellence in Enterprise Information Award Program:

The purpose of the program is to recognize and reward the contributions and achievements of project teams that exemplify excellence in achieving integrated enterprises. Winning teams are models of the best applications of technology and leadership to improve enterprise performance. For more information on the Awards Program, visit (http://www.afei.org/awards)

About AFEI:

AFEI is an industry association dedicated to the advancement of the sharing, integration, management and protection of information across extended enterprises. AFEI provides trusted collaboration between Government stakeholders and industry members on critical enterprise information problems. AFEI is an affiliate of the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA), America's leading defense industry association promoting national security.

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