The Government Information Technology Executive Council (GITEC) is a non-profit organization that provides a professional development forum for government and industry leaders to collaborate and innovate on mission critical solutions enabled through IT. The council is comprised of senior-level government executives organized to support the delivery of high quality and cost-effective Information Technology services to their customers.

GITEC Board of Directors: The GITEC board is comprised of senior government IT executives to collaborate with other government and industry leaders to share information and to solve real government information technology challenges.
The Executive Advisory Committee (EAC): The GITEC EAC is comprised of industry leaders who volunteered to partner and build relationships with government leaders to help advance information technology in the government.
GITEC Associates: GITEC Associates are high-level government representatives who assist the Board and EAC in planning GITEC's events and outreach programs.

The organization was originally established in 1966 and was called the Federal Data Center Directors Council (FDCDC) and was comprised of government data center managers to share information across the federal sector. As technology evolved, the Council of Data Center Directors was renamed as the Government Information Technology Council (GITEC) to broaden its scope beyond the data center. In addition to having a board of directors, GITEC created an Executive Advisory Council (EAC) composed of private sector leaders to cultivate information sharing between federal and private sector leaders to advance government.

The Council exists to support Government Information Technology Executives in the delivery of high quality and cost-effective services to their customers by:

• Providing educational material and experiences for government information technology executives
• Providing a forum to discuss and share experiences and information of current interest to government information technology
• Developing and maintaining communications channels between Federal Information Technology Executives and Federal oversight agencies to influence information management policy and direction in the Federal sector
• Developing and expressing consensus opinions regarding matters affecting the government information technology environment
• Influencing the private sector in their provision of services to meet the needs of Federal information technology organizations

GITEC strives to support federal projects missions and recognize their contributions to the IT community through the Project Management Excellence Awards. On 6 May, at the 2014 GITEC Summit held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Baltimore MD, representatives from four project teams were recognized for their achievements by GITEC Leadership and Project Management Excellence Committee members. LTC Christopher Romero, Product Manager for GCSS-Army was on hand to accept the GITEC Project Management Excellence Award. “There are a lot of hardworking and dedicated personnel on this project, stated Romero, but this award belongs to all GCSS-Army stakeholders.”

Awards were given to federal government projects based on the following criteria:

• Significant Mission Outcomes
• Cost Savings/Avoidance
• Risk Management
• Innovative Approach
• Great Customer Experience: Delivery Meets Vision, Least Disruptive
• Quality assurance

Joining GCSS-Army were three other award winners.

	Department of Veterans Affairs for exceptional work on the My HealthVet (www.myhealth.va.gov) project
	Office of Personnel Management (OPM) for exceptional work on the Human Resources Line of Business (HR LOB)
	Department of Homeland Security for exceptional work on the Common Operating Picture project