The "Fierce 15" champions innovation and creativity. The 2012 Fierce 15 winners are:
- Richard Boly, Director, office of eDiplomacy, State Department
- Bureau of Land Management's Renewable Energy Program, Interior Department
- Kathryn Catania, Plain Language and Content Management Division Chief, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services
- ESnet5 Deployment Team, Energy Department
- Michelle Fox, Chief Strategist of Education and Workforce Development, Energy Department
- Dan Gordon, former Administrator, Office of Federal Procurement Policy
- Jenn Gustetic, Head of Prizes/Challenges, NASA
- Justin Herman, Social Media Lead, General Services Administration
- Launch Team
- Adam McWilliams, Acting Director, E-Rulemaking Program, Environmental Protection Agency
- Chris Musialek, former Chief Software Architect for Data.gov, General Services Administration
- Mamta Patel Nagaraja, Program Manager of Women@NASA, NASA
- Kerry O'Connor, Program Manager of the Sounding Board, State Department
- Sophie Raseman, Director for Smart Disclosure, Treasury Department
- Mary Volz-Peacock, Chief of Quality Assurance, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Office of Personnel Management
You can read more about each of the winners in a special feature in the 27 November 2012 issue of FierceGoverment: http://www.fiercegovernment.com/special-reports/launch-team.