Government
The EEI Government Award will be given to one government-led team.  This category includes purely government teams as well as joint government/industry teams whose principle leadership must clearly be government, and whose composition includes significant government membership.

Industry
The EEI Industry Award will be given to one industry-led team.  This category includes teams composed and led primarily by industry members.  Highest weight will be given to industry teams who have made significant improvements in internal corporate/enterprise performance (customer relations, supply chain, manufacturing, collaboration, web services, etc.)

Selection Criteria
Award winners will be selected based on the opinions of the judges regarding how well they performed against the following criteria:

• Innovation
• Strategic Effect
• Customer Value
• Financial Impact
• Operational Consequence
• Cultural Change