The 2018 Government Innovation Awards — a joint effort of GCN, FCW, Washington Technology and Defense Systems — honored a broad range of projects, individuals and companies working at all levels of government. At the Nov. 8 awards dinner, however, three Public Sector Innovations and one Industry Innovator received special recognition for their impact.
The Department of Health and Human Services’ BuySmarter Initiative won the Best in Class award for federal civilian efforts. BuySmarter is an ambitious project to structure and make sense of HHS’ purchasing data on billions in annual acquisitions.
