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Accela®, the trusted provider of cloud solutions for government, today announced its 2022 Trendsetter Awards, recognizing innovative government agencies and leaders leveraging modern technology to deliver excellence in their communities. The award ceremony concluded Accela’s annual conference and customer education event, Accelarate.
“This year’s Trendsetter Award winners are implementing digital services to create stronger and more resilient communities,” said Jonathon Knight, chief customer officer at Accela. “With new opportunities to reimagine service delivery, the public sector is rapidly modernizing and turning to cloud technologies. The Trendsetter Awards recognize government leaders raising the bar on using our platform to optimize digital government.”
Accelarate and the Trendsetter Awards are opportunities for the industry as a whole to learn from each other and move governments forward to better meet the needs of all staff and residents. The Trendsetter Awards celebrate innovative government agencies and individuals harnessing new technologies, digital strategies, and other modernization methods to deliver excellence in their communities. Accela was honored to acknowledge our very on local Civic Hero Jim Egan. Jim is the Fire Education Section Manager for Gwinnett County Fire & Emergency Services. Jim who is a graduate of Georgian Southern has been in this position for 6 years, but has been with Gwinnett County for 26 years.
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