NOMINATIONS HAVE CLOSED FOR 2010

27th Annual ITA Honor Awards Program

Bronze Medal Nominations

  

The Bronze Medal is the International Trade Administration’s highest award. Bronze Medal nominees should have demonstrated excellence in individual or group achievement and effective cooperation with others in the furtherance of ITA goals.  ITA has many deserving employees.  However, nominating officials must ensure that only those individuals and groups that have made exceptional contributions are nominated.  All business units are encouraged to submit nominations for all appropriate categories.

Nomination Procedures and Schedule

Managers should prepare nominations using the Nomination Criteria and Categories listed below and the Template for Submitting Nominations shown below. The ITA Medal and Memorial Awards Committee request that nominations be submitted to them electronically, using this template as an e-mail attachment.  All cross-bureau concurrences should be obtained prior to submitting the nominations to the Awards Program Coordinator, Tina Agoo.

Past winning Nominations
Click below to view past winning nominations:
http://www.ita.doc.gov/hrm/documents/writeup_bronaward.pdf

Nominations

Nominations must be prepared by the immediate supervisor, signed by the Deputy Assistant Secretary and submitted to the Unit Awards Committee Chair by each business unit's internal due date. Use the nomination template located on this page.

Business Units due dates:

Business unit chairpersons establish their own due date based on internal award processes implemented. See the bottom of this page to see the names of each business unit chairperson.

Note: Only those accomplishments which were completed by the due date (business unit due date, see bottom of this page) may be submitted as a nomination.  Some projects or programs are long-term and require more time to achieve results. For example, a project might have started one year and a half ago and just recently realized results. Now that the project has been completed and results achieved, a nomination can be submitted.

Bronze Medal awards will be announced at the ITA Annual Honor Awards Ceremony, October, date TBD.

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Nomination Criteria and Categories

• Unusually significant contribution, direct or indirect, to the achievement of an important ITA program goal;
• Unusually significant contribution in support of ITA’s efficiency and effectiveness in accomplishing its missions;
• Unusually effective leadership or management, resulting in significant improvements in productivity, program effectiveness or the quality of ITA’s service; or
• Unusually outstanding authorship, editorship, analysis or research that significantly advances knowledge in an area directly relevant to an ITA program.

Only one Bronze Medal may be awarded in each of the following categories. (No award will be made for categories where there are no nominees that fully meet the applicable criteria.)

• Outstanding Supervisor or Manager
• Outstanding Program Professional
• Outstanding Administrative Professional
• Outstanding Support Professional
• Outstanding LES Program Professional
• Outstanding LES Administrative and Support Professional
• Outstanding Group (2 or more individuals)

 

Adminstrative or Support

Examples:

• The employee is unusually thorough, well organized and consistently able to complete critical assignments in an excellent fashion under tight deadlines while maintaining a positive attitude.

• The employee is eager to participate fully in achieving the unit’s mission, fosters a sense of teamwork among members of the unit, promotes the exchange of ideas and is considerate of the contributions and ideas of colleagues, thereby greatly enhancing the performance of the unit.

• The employee develops creative solutions to problems encountered on the job, significantly contributing to the unit’s productivity.

• The employee is thoroughly aware of ITA’s organizational structure and functions, is thoroughly familiar with ITA’s techniques and procedures, and is unusually effective in communicating information to others inside and outside the organization, thereby greatly contributing to the unit’s accomplishment of its mission.

Program

Examples:

• The employee demonstrates an unusual command of diverse and complex issues within a given task and guides the assignment to a highly successful conclusion, e.g., a Secretarial Trade and Investment Mission.

• The employee develops unusually creative and effective marketing strategies with senior business representatives and demonstrates excellence in providing both practical and effective counseling to U.S. and local business visitors in support of ITA programs.

• The employee produces superlative market surveys and other types of comprehensive reports in support of ITA programs which have a significant impact on continuing or new programs.

• The employee demonstrates ability to assume extraordinary responsibilities or demonstrates outstanding leadership in furthering the ITA mission.

• The employee demonstrates outstanding ability to organize and efficiently execute promotion campaigns related to U.S. commercial interests.

• The employee shows unusual dedication and superior performance during an emergency which threatens or interrupts the operation of the unit.

Supervisor or Manager

Examples:

• The manager’s unusually effective supervision enables the unit to achieve critical program goals that otherwise would not have been met.

• The manager’s unusually creative leadership results in significant cost savings and/or improvements in the unit’s service to its internal or external customers.

• The manager initiates and manages to fruition a major action that significantly contributes to an ITA program.

• The manager’s insightful and coolheaded leadership in an emergency or crisis enables the unit to respond quickly and effectively, minimizing any damages and maximizing the positive outcome to ITA program goals.

Group

An eligible Group consists of 2 or more ITA employees.
Each member of the Group will have made a Bronze-medal-caliber contribution to the Group’s accomplishment.

Examples:

• A group successfully accomplishes a comprehensive policy analysis of such magnitude and complexity that significant recognition is received by the Department and ITA.

• A group is under extreme pressure to reduce a case backlog or to revise Department of Commerce policy in a very sensitive regulatory area. The group is successful and brings credit and recognition to ITA and themselves.

• A group spearheaded or accomplished a major initiative to obtain changes in a foreign government's policies affecting American business interests.

• A group mounts a successful major promotional activity of such magnitude and complexity that significant recognition is received by the Department and ITA.

• A group initiates or implements a major administrative activity leading to significant improvement in the management of programs in ITA.

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Note: you can cut and past this template unto Word

Template for Submitting 2010 Bronze Nominations

Nominator’s Information

1. NAME OF NOMINATOR:
   
   
2. NOMINATOR’S AREA CODE AND PHONE NUMBER:
   
   
3. NOMINATOR’S BUSINESS UNIT: (MAS, MAC, CS, IA, EXADMIN)
   
   
4. NOMINATOR’S IMMEDIATE OFFICE:
   
   

Nominee’s Information

1. NAME OF NOMINEE:
   
   
2. NOMINEE’S  BUSINESS UNIT: (MAS, MAC, CS, IA, EXADMIN)
   
   
3. NOMINEE’S IMMEDIATE OFFICE:
   
   
4. NOMINEE’S LOCATION: (ENTER HCHB OR CITY)
   
   
5. IS THE NOMINEE(S) CURRENTLY PERFORMING AT A RATING LEVEL OF AT LEAST A LEVEL 3? YES 0R NO.
   
   Please note that the nominee(s) must be performing at a level 3 or above.
   
   
6. CATEGORY OF AWARD:
   
   
   • Outstanding Supervisor or Manager
   • Outstanding Program Professional
   • Outstanding Administrative Professional
   • Outstanding Support Professional
   • Outstanding LES Program Professional
   • Outstanding LES Administrative and Support Professional
   • Outstanding Group (2 or more individuals)
     
     
7. SALUTATION: (MR., MRS., MISS, MS.) FOR INDIVIDUALS; (MESDAMES, MESSIEURS) FOR GROUPS
   
   
8. PRONUNCIATION: FULL NAME WITH ACCENTED SYLLABLES IN UPPER CASE
   
   
9. NOMINEE’S AREA CODE & PHONE NUMBER:
   
   
10. CERTIFICATE CITATION: (up to 150 characters including spaces)
    
    
11. PROGRAM CITATION: (maximum of 300 characters including spaces)

 

Nominator's Signature: ______________________ Date:________

Approval of DAS or Equivalent: __________________Date:_______

 

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JUSTIFICATION NARRATIVES:

• Individual Nominations:  narrative up to two pages (one side only), 12 pitch Times New Roman font
  
  
• Group Nominations: narrative up to two pages, 12 pitch Time New Roman font

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UNIT AWARDS COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSONS AND DUE DATES:

 

Chairperson/Business Unit	Extension	Room#	Due date for Nominations
Sylvia Prosak - MAS	1976	3215	April 8
Keith Roth - MAC	5012	2320	April 8
Lesley Elouaradia - US	3917	3842	April 8
Ruben Pedroza - Admin	3072	2006	April 8
John Larsen - CS	5455	C100	March 29
Steve Presing - IA	1672	2845	April 8

 

Awards Coordinator:	Tina Agoo	x4856	Room 2006

 

 

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For more information you can contact Tina Agoo by emailing at christine.agoo@mail.doc.gov or calling 202-482-4856.