ETSD

The Information Technology Department (formerly Enterprise Technology Services Department (ETSD)), is very proud to announce it has received the prestigious National Association of County's Best in Category award  of IBM Cognos 8 on System z/Linux, which offers the technology tools for business intelligence available to all departments within Miami-Dade County. Business intelligence is the technology and practice of applying information to make decisions. This is the first time Miami-Dade County has won a Best in Category award!

In addition to Cognos ETSD has won five additional recognition awards. The winning projects are:

• Constituent Identity Synchronization provides a seamless integrated customer service experience on the County's web portal
• e-Notify System enables judicial court notifications, subpoenas and documented response acknowledgements to be sent via the Internet
• ETSD Succession Planning System identifies employee skill sets and professional development for future department staffing needs
• GIS Layer Verification Process provides control checks of GIS production layer updates
• Web Address Search enables customers to enter an address on the web in order to retrieve desired location information from GIS

 The Enterprise Technology Services Department (ETSD) has been selected as one of the top 100 workplaces for information technology (IT) professionals announced by IDG's Computerworld, the "Voice of IT Management." This honor is part of the weekly IT publication's 16th annual Best Places to Work in IT survey and is available online at www.computerworld.com/2009bestplaces.

• Significant Achievement - Miami-Dade County, FL [A] Centralized Master Address Repository System
• Honorable Mention
  Miami-Dade County, FL [A] Land Information GIS Viewer Website
  Miami-Dade County, FL [A] Sexual Offender and Predator Residence Search GIS Website

• Winners - Miami-Dade County, FL [A] eNet - Miami-Dade County Employee Web Portal
• Honorable Mention
  Miami-Dade County, FL [A] ServiceDirect

Miami-Dade County One of Top U.S. Digital Counties
All counties in the United States were invited to participate in the 2006 Digital Counties Survey. County officials responded to questions that included more than 100 measurements and data points about online service delivery, infrastructure, architecture and governance models. In 2006 Miami-Dade continued it’s top ten ranking, which it also earned in 2005.

Miami-Dade Chosen Among the Best 100 Places to Work in Information Technology
Computer World magazine has rated Miami-Dade County among the best 100 places to work in the Information Technology (IT) field.  The honor is part of the weekly publication’s 13th annual Best Places to Work in IT survey published in Computerworld.

Miami-Dade Communicators Honored by the National Association of County Information Officers  
The Miami-Dade Enterprise Technology Services Department, Online Division earned a “Best of Class” for communications on the web portal, the highest NACIO award given during the competition.  The Miami-Dade Communications, Miami-Dade Parks and Recreation and Miami-Dade Water and Sewer departments respectively earned superior awards for their “School Tour Program”, “All you need to know” and Miami-Dade Parks 75th Anniversary Celebration.”

Miami-Dade County receives Special Achievement in GIS from ESRI
Miami-Dade County was honored at the 25th annual ESRI International User Conference for its outstanding use of GIS technology to provide spatial solutions to county departments and residents through desktop and web tools.

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2003 Center for Digital Government Award , 2nd Place
Based on a population category of 500,000 or more, Miami-Dade County, Florida, ranks second in utilizing information technology (IT) to deliver high quality service to its customers and citizens, according to the 2003 Digital Counties Survey, a new study conducted jointly by the Center for Digital Government, National Association of Counties (NACo) and Government Technology magazine.

Miami-Dade County Receives 3rd Place in the “2003 Best of Web Award” for it’s My Neighborhood County Application 
The "Best of Web Award" is awarded by the Center for Digital Government. This is a national research and advisory institute providing government, industry and education leaders with decision support, research and educational resources to help them effectively incorporate new technologies in the 21st century.

Digital Counties Survey Ranks Miami-Dade County Second
Nationally According to the 2003 Digital Counties Survey, a new study conducted jointly by the Center for Digital Government, National Association of Counties (NACo) and Government Technology magazine, Miami-Dade County ranks second (based on a population category of 500,000 or more) in utilizing information technology to deliver high quality service to its customers and citizens.

Miami-Dade County Gets Government Technology Leadership Award form IT Florida Technology Forum
  The Leadership Award was given to Miami-Dade County for several of the County's inventive programs. The award recognizes innovative technology initiatives for their contributions to a state or local government agency's mission accomplishment, service to the public, and cost effectiveness.