Entry Kit - GSN Homeland Security Awards 2011

Nominate a vendor of IT Security or Physical Security products or solutions

Nominate a government agency, department or official

The 2011 Government Security News Awards Program will consist of Awards in three categories:

• Outstanding vendors of IT security products and solutions

• Outstanding vendors of physical security products and solutions

• Most effective government agency programs, projects or initiatives (federal, state and local)

Nomination process

Vendors of IT security or physical security products or solutions may nominate themselves or be nominated by a federal, state or local government official.

Government agencies or departments may nominate their own agency or department, or another government agency or department, or may be nominated by a vendor of IT Security or Physical Security products and solutions.

Entrants in any category may enter for multiple awards.

Entry procedure

Each entrant, or representative of entrant’s company or government agency, must fill out a separate entry form for each award being sought.

A written narrative of company or agency’s achievements and credentials for the award being sought should not exceed 500 words. Entrants are welcome to provide supporting documentation such as Web links, supporting letters or favorable press coverage of their company or agency.

Deadline for entries

The deadline for awards entry submissions is August 30, 2011.

Entry fees

The cost of entry for Vendors of IT Security and Physical Security Products and Solutions for each award being sought is $300. There is no charge for entries by Government Agencies and Officials.

To Nominate

If you are nominating a vendor of IT Security or Physical Security products or solutions: click here

If you are entering a nomination for a government agency, department or official: click here

PRESENT SPONSORS OF THE GSN 2011 HOMELAND SECURITY AWARDS

Videos of 2010 Award Finalists and Winners

GSN 2010 Awards Dinner

GSN 2010 Awards: Cyril Draffin, VP Homeland Security, Northrop Grumman – Mr. Draffin discusses NGC’s 2010 award from GSN for its ASA data fusion program and describes some of the company’s core capabilities as a global security provider. Recent initiatives included NGC’s BioWatch Gen -3 contract to develop a new generation of bio-detection sensing systems for tracking bio-hazards, and development of a nationwide, one-badge credentialing system for access control.

GSN 2010 Awards Dinner

GSN 2010 Awards: Colonel William Lacey (Ret) – Long-time friend and fellow soldier in Vietnam, Colonel Lacey introduces keynote speaker General McCaffrey with fond reminiscences of the General’s family, early career and his military exploits in the 7th Cavalry, once commanded by George Armstrong Custer, and later in Iraq, as commander of the 24th Infantry. He concludes his introduction by describing General McCaffrey as “Soldier. Statesman. Diplomat. Hero. Friend.”

GSN 2010 Awards Dinner

GSN 2010 Awards: Gen McCaffrey Keynote Remarks – Retired Four Star General Barry McCaffrey delivers a rousing speech saluting the successful public-private partnership of security technology vendors with the “unbelievably competent” municipal, state and federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies, the U.S. Coast Guard and the Department of Homeland Security, which has now come into its own, he says, ten years after 9/11, which he describes as the “most transformational event in our nation’s history.”