Technology Innovation Showcase

The 2025 edition of the Technology Innovation Showcase, now in its 14th year, is accepting new entries from Georgia government entities.

Projects receiving top honors in the past have ranged from a virtual reality depiction of a transit proposal to an automated system for administering grants covering cost of high school equivalency exams. 

The showcase is more than just an awards program. It promotes exchange of ideas for innovative uses of technology. Plan to submit your entries soon.

Showcase accepting nominations

Entries due February 28, 2025, at 11:59 p.m.

Submit nominations

Project categories

  • Business process innovations

    Projects optimize the way people, processes, and technology work together to transform government.

    Examples: ERP implementation, project methodologies, dashboards, decision modeling, system modernization

  • Cross-boundary collaboration and partnerships

    Projects showcase a significant IT-related collaboration between the agency and other entities, public or private.

    Examples: Agency-led IT-related projects in collaboration with multiple agencies, localities, or special purpose districts

  • Cybersecurity

    Projects demonstrate the importance of security and risk management.

    Examples: Governance frameworks, policies, auditing, education and awareness, data privacy and protection

  • Data management, analytics, and visualization

    Projects showcase the transformative power of data for decision making and insight.

    Examples: Predictive analytics, fraud detection, visualizations, performance management

  • Digital services: Government to business

    Projects improve interactions between government and business.

    Examples: E-licensing, one-stop registration, permitting, payment notifications, compliance tracking

  • Digital services: Government to citizen

    Projects improve interactions between government and citizens, stimulate citizen engagement, or provide access to data and information for citizen use.

    Examples: Online transaction innovations, citizen feedback, benefits determination or distribution, justice programs

  • Emerging and innovative technologies

    Projects utilize technologies on the cutting edge of the industry to deliver value.

    Examples: Governance of emerging technologies, AI or machine learning, sensors, wearables, autonomous vehicles, unmanned aerial systems

  • Enterprise IT management initiatives

    Projects plan and execute enterprise-wide technology-related initiatives that transform government operation and services.

    Examples: Consolidation and optimization, cloud services, budget and cost control, governance, broadband, procurement and acquisition modernization, security, shared services, workforce

  • Information communications technology innovations

    Projects leverage communications technologies to transform government, promote economic development or interoperability, or improve quality of life.

    Examples: GIS, mobile services, SAAS, broadband applications, online learning, telecommunications

Why submit

Get the kudos your state deserves

IT teams work hard and receiving recognition from colleagues of a job well done is meaningful.

Elevate the field of government IT

Promote awareness of transformative, results-oriented projects, and shatter the stereotype of "over-budget and behind schedule."

Showcase successes to leadership

Nominations articulate what you did and why it mattered. Leverage write-ups with key stakeholders within your organization.

Eligibility

  • Open to Georgia state and local government entities
  • Person submitting nomination must have a government email address
  • Projects implemented within the past two years
  • Projects must be state- or locally focused, not federal
  • Multi-agency projects are encouraged
  • Project may be a phase of a larger initiative
  • Projects previously named as showcase honorees may not be resubmitted
  • Nominations must be submitted online

Review and judging process

Entries are reviewed for eligibility, adherence to format guidelines, and alignment with award category. The award contact will be notified of any issues and granted two days to resolve the situation. Entries that remain non-compliant will not be reviewed by judges.

Entries are judged by a volunteer panel. GTA makes every effort to avoid potential conflicts of interest. 

Judges will use the project description as the basis of their scores. Creativity is encouraged to help tell the story of the project. While the content of the entry is what matters most, your title does set the tone. Put on your creative hat, and find a title that strikes a balance of catchy and descriptive. Links to project sites may be included, but scores are based on the written entry. Please assume judges will not visit external sites.

Showcase accepting nominations

Entries due February 28, 2025, at 11:59 p.m.

Submit nominations