Find out who captured key NOAA awards during Public Service Recognition Week. As Zane Schauer, Acting Director for Human Resources Management, said at the awards ceremony, "…there are few federal agencies that can claim credit for the very significant and positive impact that NOAA has on the lives of the American public each and every day."


NOAA ADMINISTRATOR'S AWARD

Office of Policy and Strategic Planning

Roger B. Griffis
For leadership in the implementation of Executive Order 13158 on Marine Protected Areas.

Office of the Deputy Under Secretary

Barbara Moore
Michael Kelly
Christine M. Maloy
Claire Johnson
For the development of an innovative report that creates a U.S. strategy for ocean exploration.

Daniel Cohen
Mark R. Haflich
For providing legal counsel and drafting assistance that has ensured NOAA's resource regulatory actions were timely and effective.

Office Office of Finance and Administration

Victor R. Stewart
For exhibiting exceptional leadership abilities and interaction and always "putting the customer first."

Rich Beeler
Gregg Bass
Carol Baldwin
David Barglow
Sandy Wine
Annie Baker
For leadership in developing the NOAA Administrative Forms Web Site.

Charlotte Melton
For selfless dedication to continuous program and policy improvement in the Office of Finance and Administration.

Office of General Counsel

Lindy S. Johnson
Ole Varmer
For contributions in establishing the United States' first internationally recognized Particularly Sensitive Sea Area in the Florida Keys.

Office of Public and Constituent Affairs

Gregory Hernandez
Janet Ward
For redesign of the NOAA Homepage.

Office of Marine and Aviation Operations

Dennis Shields
David Benigni
Paul Kostovick
For development and implementation of the fisheries scientific computer system.

National Marine Fisheries Service

Garth Griffin
Steve Stone
For developing and implementing a highly innovative approach that improved the likelihood of recovering severely depleted Pacific salmon populations, and fostered needed cooperation among those who manage these treasured resources.

Tony A. Lowery
For contributing to the conservation of depleted fishery resources by achieving greater public acceptance of research findings, improving agency contract management processes, and realizing significant, continuing contract cost savings.

Bradley S. Weinlaeder
For leadership and responsive action to contain and clean-up the damage resulting from a serious coastal oil leak.

Ambrose Jearld
For contributions to the conservation of the world's fisheries and protected marine resources, improvement of global fisheries science and management, and international acclamation for NOAA administrative leadership.

Gary C. Matlock
William Chappell
Mariam McCall
Marilyn Luipold
Gary Stauffer
For developing a conservation policy that eliminates the potential abuse of scientific research exemptions in order to circumvent fishing regulations, and facilitates needed ocean science.

National Ocean Service

Samuel P. Orlando, Jr.
John J. McDonough III
George A. Ringstad
David M. Lott
Craig W. Russell Jr.
Christopher G. Clement
Christina C. Johnson
Stephen R. Gittings
Laura A. Francis
Douglas A. Friske
LCDR Michele G. Bullock, OMAO
For leadership, professionalism and innovation in public service during the first two field seasons of the Sustainable Seas Expeditions.

Nina H. Garfield
Kathryn L. Ries
Stephen T. Morrison
Thomas J. Culliton
Davida G. Remer
CDR Jonathan Bailey
Michael L. Aslaksen
David B. Zilkoski
Edward D. Allen
Charles J. Klein, III
For public service in the development of flood risk assessment in the binational Tijuana River Watershed.

LCDR William B. Kearse
For leadership as Program Manager of the Airport Survey Program, a collaboration effort between NOAA and the Federal Aviation Administration.

John Lindsay
For leadership and accomplishment in environmental conservation for the cleanup and remediation of the Pribilof Islands.

Thomas F. LaPointe
Arthur E. Paterson
Stephen T. Morrison
Davida G. Remer
Susan H. Buda
Denise P. Yver
For developing and implementing a World Wide Web site for the World Commission on Protected Areas.

Ronald G. Gouguet
For leadership and innovation in advancing NOAA's natural resource trustee mission and restoring coastal natural resources.

Dwight D. Trueblood
Cynthia B. Fowler
Megan E. Treml
Timothy R. Goodspeed
For teamwork in environmental conservation to develop a Protected Area Geographic Informational System for National Estuarine Research Reserves.

David W. Kaiser
For initiating and completing the difficult and politically sensitive task of revising and finalizing the Federal Consistency regulations.

Billy D. Causey
Theodore M. Beuttler
June E. Cradick
Joanne M. Delaney
Mark R. Haflich
Benjamin D. Haskell
Vernon R. Leeworthy
Peter C. Wiley
For establishing the Nation's largest marine reserve which will preserve the richness of the species and the health of fish stocks in the Tortugas and throughout the Florida Keys.

National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service

Kenneth D. Davidson
For leadership and innovation in the implementation of the Climate Data Base Modernization Program at NOAA's National Climatic Data Center.

John Paquette
John Pereira
For establishing operational receipt, processing and distribution of INSAT geostationary satellite data within NOAA.

Linda A. Brown
For implementation and administrative support of significant NESDIS initiatives over the last three years.

Christopher D. Elvidge
For development of disaster information products and processes for disaster mitigation using Defense Meteorological Satellite Program data.

Carolyn Alderman
For contributions in workforce management which have significantly improved the management culture and organizational efficiency in NESDIS.

National Weather Service

Sallie Nolan
Steve Collins
Frances Misenheimer
Daniel Starosta
Sue Murphy
For Center upgrades which made new and timely data available to the Nation's marine community.

Carl L. Peabody
For leading a nationwide project to have National Weather Service (NWS) phone numbers, Internet addresses, and local NOAA Weather Radio frequencies placed in the government listings sections of telephone directories.

Carl Gorski
Graham Stork
For efforts in upgrading the Air Transportable Mobile Units of the National Weather Service.

Bartlett C. Hagemeyer
For leadership in scientific research and collaboration resulting in innovative techniques for improved forecasting of hazardous weather in Florida.

Solomon G. Summer
For leadership of the National Weather Service Eastern Region's Hydrologic services program before, during, and after the National Weather Service Modernization.

Armando L. Garza
Edwin C. Clark
Richard A. Stitt
For the development and production of the dual language video "Flood Warning Systems - Saving Lives and Property" which strengthened the NWS partnership with the media and local County Flood Control Managers, and enhanced outreached to the citizens of the U.S. and Mexico.

Michael S. Lewis
For contributions to NOAA's Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) Program and for furthering atmospheric science education and diversity initiatives.

Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research

Julius F. Craynock, III
For advocacy, dedication and commitment to Equal Employment Opportunity principles and outreach activities during the last 20 years.

Georgia Madrid
For Equal Employment Opportunity contributions and leadership on behalf of the American Indian community.

Daniel Law
Scott A. McLaughlin
Sergio A. Pezoa
Madison Post
Bob Weber
David C. Welsh
Daniel E. Wolfe
For innovative engineering development of a new observing system to improve the NOAA's forecasts of weather and climate.

DIVERSITY SPECTRUM AWARD

This is a NOAA Diversity Council sponsored award that has been approved by the Department of Commerce. The purpose of the SPECTRUM Award is to encourage positive managing diversity interventions and ideas at all levels of NOAA engaging employees as partners.

Support Category
Joy Hayden
NWS Forecast Office, Goodland, KS

Manager Category
David B. Reed
NWS Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center, Slidell, LA

Bruce Bauck
NWS Forecast Office, Pendleton, OR

Bob Diaz
NWS San Francisco Bay Area, Monterey, CA

Analyst Category
Nina Petrovich
NOS, Coastal Service Center, Charleston, SC

Janice M. Sylvestre
NWS, Office of Hydrologic Development, Silver Spring, MD

Ann Thorne
OAR, Climate Monitoring & Diagnostics Laboratory, Silver Spring, MD

Group

OFA/CASC Diversity Council
Kansas City, MO
Janette Labbee
Susan Barnhart
Christi George
Merlyn Koftan
Sharon Whitehead
Judy Tjardes
Chuck Highes
Amy Gibbs
Dong Van Do

NMFS/NWSFSC - Northwest Fisheries Science Center,
Center Management Team
Seattle, WA
Usha Varanasi
Linda Jones
Carol Murray
Julie Peddy
Robyn Waples
John Stein
Bob Iwamoto
Mike Schiewe
Rick Methot
Jim Herkelrath

NESDIS/Satellite Operations Control Center
Suitland, MD
Terry Babb
Ronald Rademacher
Andre Dress
N.M. Simpson
Alva Butler
Steve Schhaffer

Concept

NOS/SP and OFA Silver Spring, MD
Tom LaPointe
Brian Johnson
Pam Rubin
James Faulkner
for Best Practices Awards.


BEST PRACTICES AWARD

The Best Practices Award is an outcome of the Survey Feedback Action (SFA) initiative in which workgroups expressed an interest in recognizing management with outstanding leadership competencies. The purpose of the award is to recognize those managers who strive to create the model work environment resulting in a high level of commitment from their employees. The award is also designed to provide incentive for all to strive to implement "best practices"across NOAA.

National Marine Fisheries Service

Dr. Robert N. Iwamoto
Julie Peddy
Seattle, WA

Joan Palmer
Woods Hole, MA

Dr. James M. Nance
Galveston, TX

Thomas E. Bigford
Dr. John T. Everett
Silver Spring, MD

National Weather Service

William T. Davis
Springfield, MO

Jay del Cano
Honolulu, HI

Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research

Richard Beeler
Boulder, CO

NOAA TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AWARD

The NOAA Technology Transfer Award recognizes scientific and engineering achievements which have direct applications to the private sector. It focuses on the tangible benefits our scientists and engineers bring to the market place.

Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research

David A. Merritt
Kenneth P. Moran
Madison J. Post
David C. Welsh
Thomas Ayers
For the successful development of the first unattended cloud radar able to operate continuously in extreme conditions.

HAMMER AWARD

The Hammer Award honors federal employee teams that have made significant strides in re-inventing government. The five principles are: putting the customer first; cutting red tape; empowering employees; getting back to basics to get the job done; and achieving results American care about. This award showcases teamwork, innovation and creativity in federal government.

National Ocean Service

Gary Matlock
Michael Fraser

National Marine Fisheries Service

Rebecca Lent
Ronald G. Rinaldo
Pasquale J. Scida
Brad McHale
Mark Murray-Brown
Marie Uitterhoeve
Bobbie Browning
Mike McEwen
Steve Garelick
Anne Cleaver

Office of General Counsel

Mariam McCall
Sara McLaughlin

The Atlantic Tunas Permit Team implemented the first federal program to license both commercial and recreational saltwater fishing vessels using a private-sector contractor, electronic commerce, and a permit fee to produce a financially self-sustaining federal fishery license program. These improvements are paid by the fishing public, who are given access to these highly prized living marine resources. The Team used existing authorities to revamp the process of using federal employees to issue free, 3-year permits to fishermen. The result was a public-private partnership that capitalizes on applying information technology provided by a private vendor to gain improvements in customer service and system reliability at a lower cost.

NOAA EMPLOYEE/TEAM MEMBER OF THE MONTH

March

Office Marine and Aviation Operations
John W. Hill

National Ocean Service
Danny Dillon

April

National Weather Service
Ross Dickman

National Marine Fisheries Service
John Graves

May

National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service
Elaine Prins

Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research
James Ramer

ENVIRONMENTAL HERO AWARD

Francis Paul Spadaro
formerly of NOAA, now at Federal Aviation Agency
as president of Magothy River Association, he formed a strong all-volunteer network made up of recreational, Navy and NOAA divers to help restore oysters in Chesapeake Bay.

Mari Lou Livingood
for volunteering expertise and many hours to enhance and faciliate habitat restoration, conservation and education projects that benefit NOAA trust resources in Virginia.

ADMINISTRATOR'S SPECIAL RECOGNITION

Raymond G. Kammer
retired director of National Institute of Standards and Technology
former Deputy Under Secretary of NOAA

Robert M. White
first NOAA Administrator (1970 - 1977)