Go to: 2005 Distinguished Career Awards Recipients

The Distinguished Career Award is designed to recognize long-term achievement in advancing the goals and mission of NOAA. In 2003, NOAA launched a one-year pilot phase of the Career Awards. Ten winners were announced in October 2003, concluding the pilot phase. A review of the program found that the program needed to increase the occupational diversity of the applicant pool. As a result, the Career Awards policy was changed to require the selection of one of five occupational categories when nominating an individual for a Career Award. These five categories are:

1. Management and Supervision
2. Scientific Achievement
3. Professional Achievement
4. Administrative or Technical Support
5. Clerical/Support Services

A maximum of fifteen Career Awards winners will be selected annually. Two winners will be selected from each category with five additional recipients selected "at-large."

The intent of the Career Award is to honor contributions which represent sustained excellence--rather than a single, defined accomplishment. This award stands in contrast to the Department’s Honor Awards program which recognizes specific contributions as opposed to cumulative career achievements over an extended period of time.

 
Career Awards Policy

2005 Career Award Winners

Eligibility Requirements:

1) Nominee must be designated as eligible for an Honor Award.

2) Nominee must be a current or retired (less than one year after retirement) NOAA employee.

3) Nominee must have at least fifteen years of Federal service, the ten most-recent with NOAA.

Nomination Procedures:

Nominations should be submitted electronically on the Career Award Submission Document. This document must not exceed two pages including the award justification. The justification must emphasize specific examples of the continued, outstanding contributions and accomplishments of the nominee. All nominations must be vetted by the appropriate Line Office Performance Management Advisory Committee (PMAC) prior to submission. Staff Offices must vet their nominations through the NOAA Management and Administration PMAC.
 

 
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