The Government Information Technology Executive Council (GITEC), a council of senior-level government executives, is calling for speaker, award, and scholarship nominations in preparation for its annual GITEC Summit in Orlando, Fla., March 6-9, 2011. 

GITEC Call for Papers
GITEC invites senior-level Federal government IT employees and Federal government/industry teams to submit abstracts for the purpose of presenting during the 2011 GITEC Summit.  Submissions should incorporate the conference theme, Transparency and Transformation:  Delivering Government Results, and should address one of the following focus areas:

• Data centers:  Green, sustainable, and optimized
• Information lifecycle:  Managing for results
• The biggest challenges for the largest upcoming projects
  
• New technologies coming to fruition
  
• New project management technologies that can help move initiatives to implementation
  
• Engaging the millennial generation (Generation Y)

Abstracts are due November 30.  To submit, please visit http://www.gitecsummit.com/11IP/speakerzone.asp.

GITEC Scholarships
The GITEC Board of Directors will award scholarships at the annual GITEC Summit to high school seniors interested in pursuing a college degree in an IT discipline such as computer science, computer engineering, or information assurance.  GITEC’s goal is to increase the availability of well-trained IT professionals to meet the needs of an increasingly technological society.

Scholarship nominations are due December 15.  For more information on GITEC scholarships or to complete a nomination form, please visit http://www.gitecsummit.com/11IP/pm_awards.asp.

GITEC Summit Project Management Excellence Awards
The GITEC Summit Project Management Excellence Awards honor Federal government project teams for the best projects in the following five categories:

• Effective Management of the Changing Budgetary and IT Landscape – Improved Cost Effectiveness and Accountability
  
• Technology That Is Reshaping America – Best Practices in Information Life Cycle Management 
  
•  Data Center Successes – Green, Sustainable, Optimized
  
• Enhanced Business Results from Innovation
• Cyber Security – Proactive Leadership in Securing Data and Information
  

Nominations should include the following:

• Metrics by which the project was deemed a success
  
• How the project supports the agency mission
  
• Lessons learned and/or best practices that were applied
  
• Any innovative tools, methodologies, or processes that helped make the project a success

Nominations are due January 7, 2011.  To submit a nomination, please visit http://www.gitecsummit.com/11IP/pm_awards.asp .