The Public Technology Institute (PTI), a nonprofit research and development group, will honor nine cities and counties later this month for their innovation in information technology, Federal Computer Week (FCW) reports.PTI spotlights governments that employ IT to increase the efficiency of public services and reduce costs, among other things, FCW reports. Cities and counties that entered were also judged on the likelihood that their systems or models could be re-created in other locations, according to FCW.Winning locales will be recognized at the organization’s 2006 Congress for Technology Leadership, to be held in Chicago from April 30 to May 2, FCW reports.Awards are handed down to winners in small, medium and large municipalities, for four categories including emergency management, public safety, sustainability, and telecommunications, IT and the Internet, according to FCW. Fairfax County, Va., took the large municipality emergency management award for a subscription-based application in which residents can request to receive emergency alerts via e-mail, cell phone or PDA, FCW reports. Fairfax County was also recently honored by CIO. Check out the 2006 Enterprise Value Award Winners Guide.Phoenix, Ariz., won the large municipality public safety award for enabling Neighborhood Services Department inspectors to use laptop computers to wirelessly access databases for code enforcement, according to FCW. The city of Phoenix also took the large municipality telecommunications and Internet award, for an aviation data system that links information from three disparate flight terminals into one data stream, which is then filtered and displayed in parking lots and waiting areas where people can monitor the time it takes to pick up passengers, FCW reports.Miami-Dade County, Fla., was named as the winner of the large municipality sustainability category, which includes IT developments related to the environment, for a system that enables the county’s water inspectors to collect and file information wirelessly from the field, FCW reports.Check out our CIO News Alerts and Tech Informer pages for more updated news coverage. Related content opinion Website spoofing: risks, threats, and mitigation strategies for CIOs In this article, we take a look at how CIOs can tackle website spoofing attacks and the best ways to prevent them. By Yash Mehta Dec 01, 2023 5 mins CIO Cyberattacks Security brandpost Sponsored by Catchpoint Systems Inc. Gain full visibility across the Internet Stack with IPM (Internet Performance Monitoring) Today’s IT systems have more points of failure than ever before. Internet Performance Monitoring provides visibility over external networks and services to mitigate outages. By Neal Weinberg Dec 01, 2023 3 mins IT Operations brandpost Sponsored by Zscaler How customers can save money during periods of economic uncertainty Now is the time to overcome the challenges of perimeter-based architectures and reduce costs with zero trust. By Zscaler Dec 01, 2023 4 mins Security feature LexisNexis rises to the generative AI challenge With generative AI, the legal information services giant faces its most formidable disruptor yet. That’s why CTO Jeff Reihl is embracing and enhancing the technology swiftly to keep in front of the competition. By Paula Rooney Dec 01, 2023 6 mins Generative AI Digital Transformation Cloud Computing Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe