Federal Identity Forum Awards

Best Technical Advancement

An individual or team that has created new capabilities or discovered limitations that will profoundly impact the federal government’s future identity capabilities or practices.

Best Operational Success

An individual or team that has implemented new technology or practices and/or influenced legislation, regulation or policy in the federal identity community resulting in qualitative or quantitative success.

Best Educational Effort

An individual or team that has excelled in providing training and/or education-based opportunities either: a) to the federal identity community; or b) about federal identity applications to the public, media, or Congress.

Service and Leadership Award

An individual or team that has provided substantive guidance and/or leadership to the federal identity community.

Career Achievement Award

An individual who has achieved significant and sustained achievements within the FedID community over a period of at least fifteen years.

Best Technical Advancement

An individual or team that has created new capabilities or discovered limitations that will profoundly impact the federal government’s future identity capabilities or practices.

Winner: Jason Lim, Transportation Security Administration

Runner up: Defense Forensic Science Center, Office of the Chief Scientist
 

Best Operational Success

An individual or team that has implemented new technology or practices and/or influenced legislation, regulation or policy in the federal identity community resulting in qualitative or quantitative success.

Winner: National Vetting Center

Runner up: Defense Forensic Science Center, Biometrics Operations Directorate

Runner up: Project Management Office for Department of Defense Biometrics

Best Educational Effort

An individual or team that has excelled in providing training and/or education-based opportunities either: a) to the federal identity community; or b) about federal identity applications to the public, media, or Congress.

Finalist: NIST Public Safety-First Responder ICAM Project Team

Runner up: Lora Sims, Ideal Innovations, Inc.

Service and Leadership Award

An individual or team that has provided substantive guidance and/or leadership to the federal identity community.

Runner up: Steve Evans, Customs and Border Protection
 

Career Achievement Award

An individual who has achieved significant and sustained achievements within the FedID community over a period of at least fifteen years.

Best Technical Advancement

An individual or team that has created new capabilities or discovered limitations that will profoundly impact the federal government’s future identity capabilities or practices.

Runner up: DoD PM Biometrics BISCO Team

Runner up: Technical Team, National Vetting Center

Best Operational Success

An individual or team that has implemented new technology or practices and/or influenced legislation, regulation or policy in the federal identity community resulting in qualitative or quantitative success.

Runner up: James "Edd" Kirkley

Runner up: DHS/DoD Biometric Information Sharing Interoperability Project Team

Best Educational Effort

An individual or team that has excelled in providing training and/or education-based opportunities either: a) to the federal identity community; or b) about federal identity applications to the public, media, or Congress.

Runner up: Jeremy Grant

Runner up: Ann Wallwork

Service and Leadership Award

An individual or team that has provided substantive guidance and/or leadership to the federal identity community.

Winner: John Wagner

Runner up: Alicia Harrison

Career Achievement Award

An individual who has achieved significant and sustained achievements within the FedID community over a period of at least fifteen years.