FCPS HONORED AS ONE OF TOP
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ORGANIZATIONS

Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) is a winner of the prestigious CIO 100 award from Chief Information Officer (CIO) magazine. The school system will receive its award August 19 at the CIO 100 Symposium and Awards Ceremony in Colorado Springs. FCPS is the only K-12 school system recognized among the award winners; most organizations on the list are private-sector companies, including Dell Inc., FedEx Corp., J.P. Morgan Chase and Co., and Marriott International, Inc. Maribeth Luftglass, FCPS chief information officer and assistant superintendent for information technology, will accept the award.

The 2003 CIO 100 award recognizes organizations around the world that excel in positive business performance through resourceful information technology (IT) management and practices. This year, CIO honors 100 companies and other organizations that demonstrate the resourceful use of technology and related assets in a tough economic climate.

FCPS was cited by CIO for having “lowered costs and created potential revenue stream through vendor partnerships to develop new instructional applications for the school system.”

"This year's CIO 100 award recipients are being honored because their companies have demonstrated resourceful use of IT systems, staff and budgets," says Abbie Lundberg, editor in chief of CIO magazine. "Maximizing return on investment is a priority when times are tight, and these companies excel in generating greater value from limited resources." Complete coverage of the 2003 CIO 100 is available at www.cio.com .

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Note: For more information, contact Maribeth Luftglass at 703-503-7610 or maribeth.luftglass@fcps.edu or Karen Fogerty at 508-935-4091 or fogerty@cxo.com .