Air Force print news (March 17, 2005): J. Lisa Romney named as 2005 Federal 100 Award winner.

Washington, D.C. (March 2005) -- Federal Computer Week has named J. Lisa Romney, a senior procurement analyst within the Department of Defense (DoD), as a recipient of its prestigious Federal 100 Award. The annual award recognizes the top 100 public and private sector information technology professionals for outstanding contributions to the federal Information Technology community.

Romney, a senior procurement analyst, procurement and acquisition policy, electronic business (DPAP, EB), within the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology and Logistics), is being recognized for the significant role she played in AT & L's transformation to strategic processes and her role as a trusted advisor and point of contact on e-business issues to DoD senior executives. She also was a key player in the DoD's adoption of six acquisition programs mandated to deploy under the President's Integrated Acquisition Environment initiative. As a member of the DPAP, E-Business team, she is an authoritative voice for enacting change.

Federal Computer Week readers nominated award candidates based on their contributions to the development, acquisition, or management of federal information technologies and were then selected by an independent panel of judges. Federal Computer Week honored recipients of the Federal 100 Award at a gala on March 23 at the Ritz Carlton in McLean, Va.