[Asis-l] Bonnie Carroll named Federal 100 Award Winner

[Richard Hill]

PRESS RELEASE
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For Immediate Release
Date:  March 24, 2004

Former ASIS&T President Named Federal 100 Award Winner

Oak Ridge, TN.  ASIS&T Past President Bonnie Carroll, Information
International Associates (IIa) President, has been named one of the nation’s
100 “most valuable: information technology (IT) professionals.  Carroll
accepted the award for her long-time leadership in CENDI, the Federal STI
Managers Group, at a formal gala in Washington, D.C., on March 16, 2004. FCW
describes the Federal 100 winners as individuals with “uncommon vision” who
play pivotal roles in the federal IT community.  They are the ones who make
a “lasting impact” on their organizations and their communities.

 “
a driving force in inter-organizational cooperation in federal
information management
”  That’s how the Director of the National Library of
Medicine, Kent Smith, described Bonnie Carroll when he nominated her for
Federal Computer Week’s (FCW) 2003 Federal 100 Award. Smith chairs CENDI, an
organization of managers of scientific and technical information from 11
federal agencies, and Carroll has been the group’s executive director since
its inception in 1985.  According to FCW, the 100 chosen were those whose
efforts strongly supported the current federal focus on “electronic delivery
of services, cross-agency collaboration, and results-oriented management.”
Through her role with CENDI, Carroll was instrumental in bringing to
fruition Science.gov, the science portal of Firstgov that provides access to
authoritative government science information, including research results.   

Carroll’s information management firm, headquartered in Oak Ridge,
Tennessee, is the IT protégé for Oak Ridge National Laboratory and provides
IT infrastructure to the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Scientific
and Technical Information (OSTI).  OSTI Director Walt Warnick seconded
Carroll’s nomination, “
 she’s an original thinker; she’s a great spark
plug. In terms of leadership
 she is world class. CENDI, OSTI, and other
leaders in information management continue to benefit from Bonnie Carroll’s
energy, influence and vision.”

In addition to being head of IIa and Executive Director of CENDI, Carroll is
senior technical advisor to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).  In that
capacity, she has been instrumental in developing the National Biological
Information Infrastructure (NBII) and in leading the 34-nation
Inter-American Biodiversity Information Network (IABIN). She is a fellow of
the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), and in July
2003, the National Academies chose Carroll to serve as the U.S. National
Delegate to the Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA), a
committee of International Council for Science that serves 22 nations.  She
has consulted such international organizations as the International Atomic
Energy Agency (IAEA); UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization); and the International Council for Scientific
Information (ICSTI).
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Richard Hill
Executive Director
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