{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://connolly.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=666", "Congressman Connolly Named Tech Champion of the Year", "2013-11-22", "2013", "2013-11", "Democrat", "House", "VA", "Gerald Connolly", "C001078", "connolly.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Connolly was named \"Tech Champion of the Year\" Thursday night at an awards ceremony featuring leaders from the federal and private sector information technology community. Read more.\r\n          share:\r\n          f \r\n          t \r\n        \r\n      \r\n      Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) received the Tech Champion of the Year award, presented by Fedscoop CEO Goldy KamaliCongressman Gerry Connolly was named \u201cTech Champion of the Year\u201d Thursday night at an awards ceremony featuring leaders from the federal and private sector information technology community.Connolly (D-VA) was the sole recipient of Fedscoop\u2019s Tech Champion award. \u00a0The award recognized Connolly \u201cas a leader whose passion for tech made us all think out of the box.\u201d \u00a0Connolly and winners of the Fedscoop 50 awards were selected by a voting process that involved members of the public and private sector IT community and the general public.As Congressman for Virginia\u2019s 11th District, Connolly represents the heart of the technology community on the East Coast. \u00a0He represents tens of thousands of federal IT contracting employees and federal workers who live in the district.As a senior member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee and ranking member of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, Connolly has been a leading voice on IT issues in Congress since taking office in 2009. \u00a0His background working for two IT companies and his tenure as Chairman of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors gave Connolly a unique understanding of federal IT issues which has helped him drive legislation in Congress on the issues impacting IT inside and outside the federal government.This year, Connolly and House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) coauthored a major federal IT reform bill \u2013 the Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) \u2013 which would overhaul federal IT procurement, increase transparency, efficiency, and management of federal IT, and save taxpayer dollars. \u00a0The legislation has already passed the U.S. House of Representatives and is pending in the Senate as part of the National Defense Authorization Act.\u201cI am honored to be named Tech Champion of the Year and I will continue to work to enhance and reform the federal IT system working with the many dedicated individuals in the federal government and in our thriving private sector tech community,\u201d Connolly said.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://connolly.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=666"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9241132065653801, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}