Friday, May 22, 2009
2009 Arkansas Federal Executive Association Employee of the Year Award
I went with Tabitha yesterday to a luncheon to honor federal employees for outstanding service. Tabitha was part of a team nominated to receive the award. Their nomination was for the high visibility that was attributed to them for their collective GIS Initiatives and Website Mastery during the Super Tuesday Outbreak in letting our Federal/State Constituents, partners, customers, and users find data in a one-stop shop for rescue & recovery efforts. I was unable to get pictures of the presentation of the certificate of nomination but I did get a few of the people at the luncheon representing the team. Although the award went to a team working with homeless veterans we are still very proud of Tabitha, just the nomination is a huge honor. She continues to show outstanding work in her area of expertise. We are very proud of her and Sean for all the work they do with the National Weather Service. Tabitha is the Little Rock focal person for their GIS services. Of course her dad takes all the credit for her GIS abilities. He never lets her forget it was his suggestion she combine GIS training with her meteorology studies. However it is her hard work and dedication that bring it all together. We are very proud of you. Congratulations!
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GIS Initiatives?
GIS (Geographical Information Systerms)an example would be On Star in cars. I don't know if I understand everything about what they do to combine the two technologies, but for this instance in particular Tabitha suggested they plot the tornado path using Google Earth. By doing that they could get as specific as streets and other landmarks to let people know when and where the tornados were expected and then later it helped the disaster crews respond quicker because they knew exactly where to go and where they were needed most.
They are combining geographical coordinates and other statistical information in other areas too, but you would have to get Tabitha to try to explain that.
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