Number range CHAPTERThe Attorney General's Awards are the highest honors
granted by the U.S. Department of Justice. They acknowledge the
exemplary efforts and personal sacrifices made by the award recipients
and convey the deep appreciation of colleagues, the Department, and the
nation.

The Attorney General's Annual Awards Ceremony is an opportunity to
recognize the extraordinary accomplishments of a number of U.S.
Department of Justice employees as well as individuals from outside the
Department. In working toward the accomplishment of the Department's law
enforcement and administration of justice mission, the outstanding
contributions and achievements of the individuals we recognize today
represent the highest level of professionalism, performance, and
dedication to duty.

On this fifty-first celebration of the Attorney General's Awards, let us
each strive for excellence as we serve all Americans with integrity,
impartiality, and renewed dedication.

John Ashcroft

Attorney General

The Attorney General wishes to express his appreciation to the following
Department officials for their assistance in evaluating this year's
award nominations. The 2003 award recipients were recommended and
selected from a group of nearly 420 highly qualified nominees.

**INCENTIVE AWARDS BOARD/JOHN MARSHALL PANEL**

CHAIR

Larry D. Thompson

Deputy Attorney General

MEMBERS

Robert D. McCallum, Jr.

Associate Attorney General

Mark S. Bullock

Assistant Director

Administrative Services Division

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Harley G. Lappin

Director

Federal Bureau of Prisons

Bradley A Buckles

Acting Director

Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, & Explosives

Guy A. Lewis

Director

Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys

R. Hewitt Pate

Assistant Attorney General

Antitrust Division

Peter D. Keisler

Assistant Attorney General

Civil Division

Thomas L. Sansonetti

Assistant Attorney General

Environment & Natural Resources Division

Paul R. Corts

Assistant Attorney General for Administration

Susan Richmond

Assistant to the Attorney General and

Deputy White House Liaison

EXECUTIVE SECRETARY AND ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE SECRETARY

Joanne W. Simms

Deputy Assistant Attorney General

for Human Resources and Administration

Justice Management Division

Vince Micone

Chief, Events Management and Community Service

Personnel Staff

Justice Management Division

**U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE**

**51^ST^ ANNUAL AWARDS CEREMONY**

**JULY 30, 2003 -- 2:00 P.M.**

**CONSTITUTION HALL**

**PROGRAM**

*Prelude*

Metropolitan Police Department Concert Choir

*Welcome*

The Honorable Larry D. Thompson

Deputy Attorney General

*Presentation of Colors and* *The National Anthem*

Joint Armed Forces Honor Guard

Metropolitan Police Department Bagpipe Corps

Metropolitan Police Department Concert Choir

*Introduction of the Attorney General*

The Honorable Larry D. Thompson

Deputy Attorney General

*Remarks of the Attorney General*

The Honorable John Ashcroft

Attorney General

*Presentation of the Attorney General's Award for Exceptional Service*

The Honorable Larry D. Thompson

Deputy Attorney General

*Presentation of the Attorney General's Award for Exceptional Heroism*

The Honorable Larry D. Thompson

Deputy Attorney General

*Presentation of the Mary C. Lawton Lifetime Service Award*

The Honorable Larry D. Thompson

Deputy Attorney General

*Presentation of the William French Smith Award for Outstanding
Contributions to*

*Cooperative Law Enforcement*

The Honorable Larry D. Thompson

Deputy Attorney General

*Presentation of the Attorney General's Award for Distinguished Service*

The Honorable Robert D. McCallum, Jr.

Associate Attorney General

*Presentation of the Attorney General's Award for Excellence in Law
Enforcement*

Richard J. Hankinson

Deputy Director

Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, & Explosives

*Presentation of the Attorney General's Award for Excellence in
Management*

Paul R. Corts

Assistant Attorney General for Administration

*Presentation of the Attorney General's Award for Excellence in
Information Technology*

The Honorable Thomas L. Sansonetti

Assistant Attorney General

Environment & Natural Resources Division

*Presentation of the Attorney General's Award for Excellence in
Furthering the Interests of U.S. National Security*

The Honorable Robert S. Mueller, III

Director

Federal Bureau of Investigation

*Presentation of the Attorney General's Equal Employment Opportunity
Award*

The Honorable Eileen J. O'Connor

Assistant Attorney General

Tax Division

*Presentation of the Attorney General's Award for Excellence in Legal
Support*

The Honorable Glenn A. Fine

Inspector General

*Presentation of the Attorney General's Award for Excellence in
Administrative Support*

Lori Sharpe Day

Director

Office of Intergovernmental & Public Liaison

*Presentation of the John Marshall Awards*

The Honorable Daniel J. Bryant

Assistant Attorney General

Office of Legal Policy

and

The Honorable Peter D. Keisler

Assistant Attorney General

Civil Division

\-- Trial of Litigation

\-- Participation in Litigation

\-- Support of Litigation

\-- Handling of Appeals

\-- Providing Legal Advice

\-- Preparation or Handling of Legislation

\-- Asset Forfeiture

\-- Alternative Dispute Resolution

\-- Interagency Cooperation in Support of Litigation

*Presentation of the Attorney General's Award for Outstanding Service in
Freedom of Information Act Administration*

Barbara J. Comstock

Director

Office of Public Affairs

*Presentation of the Attorney General's Award for Fraud Prevention*

Harley G. Lappin

Director

Federal Bureau of Prisons

*Presentation of the Attorney General's Award for Outstanding
Contributions to Community Partnerships for Public Safety*

The Honorable Sharee M. Freeman

Director

Community Relations Service

*Presentation of the Cubby Dorsey Award for Outstanding Service by a
Federal Wage Grade System Employee*

The Honorable R. Hewitt Pate

Assistant Attorney General

Antitrust Division

*Presentation of the Attorney General's Award for Outstanding
Contributions by a New Employee*

Lawrence A. Friedman

Director

Executive Office for U.S. Trustees

*Closing*

The Honorable Larry D. Thompson

Deputy Attorney General

**[THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S AWARD FOR EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE]{.underline}**

This is the Department's highest award for employee performance. One
Exceptional Service Award is presented this year.

**Edward J. Needham**

**David M. Britten**

**Andrew J. Goralski**

**Steven J. Naum**

Special Agents

**Pedro D. Cordero**

Supervisory Special Agent

**Stanley J. Borgia**

Assistant Special Agent in Charge

**Adrienne J. Leary**

**Mary Beth R. VanLew**

Intelligence Research Specialists

**Karen V. Lawrence**

Intelligence Operations Specialist

Buffalo Division

Federal Bureau of Investigation

**Francis J. Christiano, Jr.**

Special Agent

New York Field Division

Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, & Explosives

**William J. Hochul, Jr.**

Assistant U.S. Attorney

Western District of New York

**Ranganath Manthripragada**

Trial Attorney

Counterterrorism Section

Criminal Division

**Kim Baglio**

Special Agent

Buffalo Office

U.S. Secret Service

**James J. Higgins, Jr.**

Senior Special Agent

**Lawrence D. Krug**

Special Agent

Buffalo Office

Former Immigration & Naturalization Service

**Felix T. Cwynar**

Border Patrol Agent

Buffalo Office

U.S. Border Patrol

**Michael J. Szrama**

Special Agent

Buffalo Office

U.S. Customs Service

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

**Thomas Michalski**

Special Agent

Buffalo Division

Internal Revenue Service

U.S. Department of the Treasury

The members of the Buffalo Joint Terrorism Task Force are honored for
their exemplary performance in connection with a highly sensitive
terrorism investigation. These investigators and analysts demonstrated
outstanding talent and dedication. They employed highly sophisticated
investigative techniques and overcame unique challenges in conducting
the covert phase of this investigation. The recipients were the nucleus
of a groundbreaking investigative effort that resulted in the
dismantlement of the Lackawanna, New York, terrorist cell and
neutralized a major Al-Qaeda link to Middle Eastern countries.

**[THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S AWARD FOR EXCEPTIONAL HEROISM]{.underline}**

This award recognizes an extraordinary act of courage and voluntary risk
of life during the performance of official duties. Two Exceptional
Heroism Awards are presented this year.

**Mark J. Demas**

Special Agent

Kansas City Field Division

Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, & Explosives

Special Agent Mark J. Demas is reconizeded for his sustained leading
role in an investigation of the largest heroin trafficking organization
in the St. Louis Metropolitan Area. He made 77 undercover contacts with
various members of the organization and purchased large quantities of
narcotics and firearms. This investigation led to the execution of 23
Federal search warrants and the indictment and arrest of 18 members of
the organization. The efforts and exceptional acts of bravery by Special
Agent Demas are commendable. It is through his exemplary efforts that
the organization was dismantled.

**Ralph Narramore**

Senior Officer Specialist

U.S. Penitentiary

Leavenworth, Kansas

Bureau of Prisons

Ralph Narramore is honored for his extraordinary and courageous actions
on April 23, 2002, when responding to an emergency in the recreation
yard at the U.S. Penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas. Through his
immediate response and without regard for his own safety, Mr. Narramore
physically restrained and disarmed two inmates involved in the fatal
assault of another inmate. His sound judgement, clear thinking, and
heroic response prevented further harm and injury to staff and other
inmates. Mr. Narramore demonstrated bravery and valor, exemplifying the
highest traditions of the Department

**[THE MARY C. LAWTON LIFETIME SERVICE AWARD]{.underline}**

This award recognizes employees who have served at least twenty years in
the Department and who have demonstrated high standards of excellence
and dedication throughout their careers. This award is presented only in
exceptional circumstances to those individuals of special merit and is
not awarded to express general appreciation for tenure alone. One Mary
C. Lawton Award is presented this year.

**VaNessa P. Adams**

Warden

Federal Prison Camp

Alderson, West Virginia

Federal Bureau of Prisons

VaNessa P. Adams is presented this award for her career accomplishments
which have earned her great respect and recognition. Warden Adams'
motivation, high standards of excellence, and dedication is evident in
every aspect of her twenty-five years of service to the Government. Her
many accomplishments reveal her leadership excellence, personal
integrity, and exemplary service.

**[THE WILLIAM FRENCH SMITH AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING
CONTRIBUTIONS]{.underline}**

**[TO COOPERATIVE LAW ENFORCEMENT]{.underline}**

The William French Smith Award for Outstanding Contributions to
Cooperative Law Enforcement is an honorary award granted to recognize
State and local law enforcement officials who have made significant
contributions to cooperative law enforcement endeavors. One William
French Smith Award is presented this year.

**David A. Johnston**

**Gregory T. Spayth**

**Martin K. Sigsworth**

Detectives

Aurora Police Department

Aurora, Illinois

The team of detectives is honored for their outstanding cooperative
interagency efforts which culminated in two high-profile investigations.
Their efforts had an impact on reducing the violence caused by street
gangs in Aurora, Illinois. These noteworthy interagency efforts resulted
in Federal and State charges on 53 violent gang members, the recovery of
71 gang firearms, the seizure of 51 kilograms of cocaine and over \$1
million in drug proceeds. Thanks to the dedication of the recipients,
the cooperation of law enforcement officials helps to combat violent
crime in Aurora and has created a permanent and effective partnership to
achieve the Attorney General's goal of reducing gun violence on the
streets of America.

**[THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S AWARD FOR DISTINGUISHED SERVICE]{.underline}**

The Attorney General's Award for Distinguished Service is the
Department's second highest award for employee performance. Thirteen
Distinguished Service Awards are presented this year.

**Adam H. Charnes**

Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General

**Brian A. Benczkowski**

Staff Director and Senior Counsel

**Kristi L. Remington**

Senior Counsel

**Lizette D. Benedi**

**Nathan A. Sales**

**William A. Hall, Jr.**

Counsel

**Sheila C. Joy**

Policy Analyst

Office of Legal Policy

The Judicial Nominations Team is presented this award for their active
and sustained efforts to facilitate efforts of the Administration and
the Department to nominate and achieve the confirmation of Federal
judges. The White House and the Department's senior leadership have been
able to rely upon the expertise and judgment of the recipients in
recommending judicial candidates for nomination. As a result of the
professional service of the highest caliber of these individuals, the
Administration and Department have been able to nominate more than 150
judicial candidates and achieve the confirmation of no fewer than 117
Federal judges. Their work in the face of the increasingly partisan
nature of the confirmation process is to be commended.

**Richard Mark Denholm, II**

Special Agent

Criminal Investigative Division

**Michael S. Pikunas**

Special Agent

Cleveland Field Office

Federal Bureau of Investigation

**Craig S. Morford**

**Bernard A. Smith**

**Matthew B. Kall**

Assistant U.S. Attorneys

Northern District of Ohio

The team is honored for their participation in a major bribery
investigation in Cleveland, Ohio. This investigation was initiated when
a Youngstown paving contractor alleged that bribes were paid to U.S.
Congressman James A. Traficant, Jr. The combined efforts of these
individuals resulted in an indictment in May 2001. A superceding
indictment was returned against the Congressman and a co-conspirator in
October 2001. The Congressman was found guilty on ten counts. Subsequent
to the guilty verdict, the U.S. House of Representatives initiated
removal proceedings which culminated in a unanimous vote to remove the
Congressman from office. This was only the second occasion in 140 years
in which a Member of Congress was expelled. The work of these
individuals resulted in the July 30, 2002, sentencing of Mr. Traficant
to eight years in prison.

**T. Michael Earp**

Chief, Investigative Operations

U.S. Marshals Service

T. Michael Earp is recognized for his exceptional performance of a
myriad of duties with tenacity, courage, and outstanding success. Under
his leadership, the U.S. Marshals Service has experienced unprecedented
successes in the reduction of crime and violence through the
apprehension of dangerous fugitives throughout the world. Mr. Earp
provided personal leadership when he formed and managed the Puerto Rico
Fugitive Task Force. He served with distinction at the Department's
Office of International Affairs and utilized that experience to
establish U.S. Marshals Service foreign field offices in Mexico,
Jamaica, and the Dominican Republic. Their outstanding achievements have
received accolades from the U.S. Department of State, host governments,
Interpol, and police agencies around the world. Mr. Earp applied
considerable innovation and perseverance in forming the greater Los
Angeles and New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Forces, which
have contributed significantly to safety and security. Mr. Earp has
consistently represented the Department with distinction, in the highest
traditions of law enforcement.

**Rudolf J. Friederich**

Chief Inspector

**Richard Iannucci**

Senior Inspector

Judicial Security Division

**Manuel R. Varela**

Deputy U.S. Marshal

District of Puerto Rico

**Christopher A. Barfield**

Deputy U.S. Marshal

Southern District of Indiana

U.S. Marshals Service

The team is presented this award for outstanding efforts in implementing
a plan to enhance judicial security in Colombia. Their dedication and
teamwork, despite exposure to a high level of danger, resulted in a
comprehensive judicial security plan which includes basic protective
training for 700 Colombian law enforcement officers and the procurement
of armored vehicles and body armor. To date, 215 Colombian law
enforcement officers have been trained.

**Patricia Campbell Glenn**

Senior Conciliation Specialist

Midwest Region

Community Relations Service

Patricia Campbell Glenn is honored for her outstanding performance in
easing tensions and in reducing and resolving major urban conflict. She
has demonstrated exemplary skills in contingency planning to prevent
disorder, provided leadership in the resolution of racial disputes,
coordinated a National Church Arson Task Force, and was selected to
draft the first Hate Crime Curriculum in 1990 in conjunction with the
International Association of Chiefs of Police. Further, she has
represented the Department on international assignments in Moscow and
Komi, Russia. During the 2001 riots in Cincinnati, Ohio, Ms. Glenn was
on-site the second day, meeting with leaders of the riots, law
enforcement officials, and others; and walked the streets to help
restore calm and civil obedience in the city. No person can be counted
on so often to serve so many functions and do them so well as Ms. Glenn.

**Michael R. Grabowski**

**Stephen T. Will**

Special Agents

Buffalo Resident Office

New York Division

Drug Enforcement Administration

Daniel Pelchat of Quebec, Canada, and Mark Frankland of Ontario, Canada,
were selling GBL, BD, and GHB kits, commonly referred to as the Date
Rape Drug, via their Internet websites to customers in the U.S. and more
than twenty other countries. Special Agents Michael R. Grabowski and
Stephen T. Will utilized undercover purchases and electronic intercept
on Pelchat's websites and e-mail accounts. The investigation revealed
that Pelchat, who was the largest distributor of these drugs in the
U.S., was associating with members of organized crime in Quebec. In
September 2002, an international takedown of Pelchat and his customers
resulted in the arrests of approximately 180 targets in more than 100
cities in the U.S. and Canada, the seizure of approximately 1,500
gallons of GBL, and over \$2.2 million.

**Kevin R. Jones**

Deputy Assistant Attorney General

**Robert Hinchman**

**Eric T. Gormsen**

**Leland E. Beck**

Senior Counsel

Office of Legal Policy

The team is honored for their active and sustained efforts to facilitate
the Department's response to the terrorist attacks of September 11^th^,
by removing existing regulatory impediments and developing a series of
regulatory changes and actions to support law enforcement, terrorism,
and immigration initiatives. As a result of the professional service of
these individuals, comprising the Regulatory Review Team of the Office
of Legal Policy, the Department has been able to develop and obtain
clearance of regulatory actions on an extremely expedited basis. The
Department's senior leadership has been able to rely upon the expertise
and judgment of the team in approving important regulations within short
time-frames. Also, as a result of their initiatives, the Department has
reviewed its existing regulations and is currently working with the U.S.
Department of Homeland Security to complete a number of other important
regulatory changes that will support both Departments' efforts to
respond more effectively to the challenges facing the Nation.

**Mark J. Kappelhoff**

Deputy Chief

**David L. Allred**

**Luis C. de Baca**

Special Litigation Counsels

**Susan L. French**

**Robert J. Moossy**

Trial Attorneys

**Lorna L. Grenadier**

Victim/Witness Coordinator

Criminal Section

Civil Rights Division

**Mei D. Wine**

Victim/Witness Specialist

U.S. Attorney's Office

District of Hawaii

**Charles E. Beckwith**

**William S. Denson**

Special Agents

Honolulu Division

Federal Bureau of Investigation

**Rebecca L. Story**

Associate General Counsel

Office of the General Counsel

**Myra V. Moore**

Senior Immigration Officer

Parole and Humanitarian Assistance Program

Former Immigration and Naturalization Service

The multi-agency prosecution team members in *U.S. v. Kil Soo Lee* are
recognized for their exceptional work in the largest human trafficking
case ever prosecuted by the United States. Their cooperative effort,
skill, and dedication in the investigation and prosecution resulted in
the conviction of Kil Soo Lee and his accomplices, who enslaved and
brutalized hundreds of Vietnamese and Chinese garment workers in a
sweatshop in American Samoa. The prosecution is heralded as a major
victory in the Attorney General's initiative to combat human
trafficking.

**Rebecca Meiklejohn**

**Douglas M. Tween**

**Elizabeth B. Prewitt**

Trial Attorneys

New York Field Office

Antitrust Division

The team is recognized for their exemplary efforts in the
record-breaking prosecution of bid-rigging and related offenses in the
New York food brokers and graphics industries. The team's aggressive and
persistent efforts resulted in the conviction of over 80 individuals and
25 corporations for participation in massive bid-rigging conspiracies
among food suppliers that defrauded multiple New York area public and
non-profit entities, unprecedented jail sentences, and restitution
recoveries to State and local governments and not-for-profit
organizations. Part of the team's success is attributable to their
pioneering steps in forging an interagency investigative task force
staffed with personnel from the International Revenue Service, Federal
Bureau of Investigation, and other agencies. These attorneys have also
had unprecedented success with restitution recoveries. In 2001, these
attorneys secured approximately \$21 million.

**Melanie Ann Pustay**

Deputy Director

Office of Information and Privacy

Melanie Ann Pustay is honored for her exemplary and sustained role in
providing legal advice, guidance, and assistance to the Department's
senior leadership offices on record-disclosure issues. As the Department
official responsible for acting on requests for access to records of the
Attorney General, Deputy Attorney General, Associate Attorney General,
and other Department leadership offices, Ms. Pustay has handled a series
of increasingly sensitive, high-profile matters with exceptional skill,
dedication, and effectiveness. In so doing, she has been confidently
relied upon by the Department's senior officials on some of its most
sensitive disclosure issues, including matters in litigation and those
involving Congressional disclosure, and has made extraordinary
contributions of great value to the Department.

**John M. Vanyur**

Senior Deputy Assistant Director

Correctional Programs Division

Federal Bureau of Prisons

This award is presented to John M. Vanyur for his exceptional
contributions as the representative for the Bureau's counterterrorism
efforts. He has refocused intelligence efforts from solely prison gang
and criminal activity in prisons to include proactive intelligence
gathering on terrorist inmates and radical groups in prison facilities.
Further, his strong relationships with outside law enforcement agencies
and relevant legislative and judicial staff has ensured a seamless
sharing of information with these officials. In addition to intelligence
efforts, Mr. Vanyur oversaw the development and implementation of the
first inmate faith-based housing units, the automation of our victim
notification system, and the transfer of over 7,000 District of Columbia
felons to Bureau custody.

**Clifford J. White, III**

Deputy Director

Executive Office for U.S. Trustees

Clifford J. White, III, is recognized for his extraordinary leadership
of the U.S. Trustee Program's fraud fighting efforts, his superior
management of Program activities, and his unfailing commitment to the
Department. From substantive case administration, to the oversight of
key initiatives and activities, to everyday management issues, Mr. White
consistently demonstrates great intellect, foresight, tenacity, and the
highest of professional standards. His accomplishments are many, but
most recently his leadership of the National Civil Enforcement
Initiative has had a marked impact on the Program and the integrity of
the bankruptcy system.

**Valerie M. Willis**

Assistant Director

Executive Resources Group

Personnel Staff

Justice Management Division

Valerie M. Willis is honored for exemplary leadership in managing the
Executive Resources Program for the Department. Ms. Willis has led a
number of innovative improvements to the Senior Executive Service
program while simultaneously managing a large workload of Service and
noncareer actions. During the past several years, she has successfully
managed the transition between Presidential Administrations, developed
and implemented a revised Senior Executive Service performance
management policy and program, prepared and coordinated an extensive
review of the Department's management of its senior positions, and has
developed a viable succession management initiative using a Senior
Executive Service Candidate Development Program as its centerpiece. Ms.
Willis is widely recognized within and outside the Department as a
leader in executive program management.

**[THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN LAW
ENFORCEMENT]{.underline}**

This award recognizes outstanding professional achievements by law
enforcement officers of the Department. One Excellence in Law
Enforcement Award is presented this year.

**Joel G. Mercer**

Special Agent

Buffalo Field Office

**Michael A. Osborn**

Special Agent

New York Field Office

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Sepcial Agents Joel G. Mercer and Michael A. Osborn are recognized for
their exceptional efforts in the two and one-half year investigation and
international manhunt for James Charles Kopp, the man responsible for
killing Dr. Barnet Slepian, a provider of women's reproductive health
services. The team applied every investigative technique available to
not only identify and indict James Charles Kopp, but to locate and
capture him as well. The quality and manner in which evidence was
gathered were such that Kopp publicly admitted to the murder by
confessing to two newspapers reporters on November 12, 2002. Their
tireless dedication, leadership, and coordination throughout the
investigation and manhunt prevented the return of Kopp to his terrorist
assaults on women's reproductive health care providers.

**[THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN
MANAGEMENT]{.underline}**

This award recognizes outstanding administrative or managerial
achievements which have significantly improved operations, productivity,
or reduced costs. Two Excellence in Management Awards are presented this
year.

**W. Benjamin Fisherow**

Deputy Chief

Environmental Enforcement Section

Environment & Natural Resources Division

This award is presented to W. Benjamin Fisherow for the extraordinary
management skills he has demonstrated since his appointment to this
pivotal position. Mr. Fisherow oversees the litigation conducted by
approximately eighty attorneys and has principal responsibility for the
settlement negotiations in the unprecedented *Power Plants* cases,
settlements which have already resulted in more than an estimated
200,000 tons per year of reduced air emissions and an agreement by
industry to spend an estimated \$1.6 billion on state-of-the-art
pollution control equipment.

**Bruce G. Ohr**

Chief

Organized Crime and Racketeering Section

Criminal Division

Bruce G. Ohr has placed an increased premium on the effective
functioning of the Organized Crime and Racketeering Section by
leveraging technology and limited staff resources to provide a timely
and effective response to the needs of prosecutors and other law
enforcement personnel. By improving reporting systems and technical
expertise, Mr. Ohr has positioned the Section to be in the forefront of
combating domestic and international organized crime. These initiatives
have provided better information and the ability to shift resources to
respond to emerging threats.

**[THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY]{.underline}**

This award recognizes outstanding achievements in applying information
technology to improve operations and productivity, reduce or avoid
costs, and solve problems. One Excellence in Information Technology
Award is presented this year.

**Eleanor A. Carpenter**

Deputy Director

**Rena J. Cervoni**

**Deana M.C. Willis**

Assistant Directors

Office of Attorney Recruitment & Management

**Karen L. Humes-Dancy**

Human Resources Specialist

Personnel Staff

Justice Management Division

The team is recognized for their dedication and initiative in creating a
system for the electronic transmission of applications for the Attorney
General's Honors Program and Summer Law Intern Program. The team devoted
long hours and exemplary perseverance in developing and implementing
this technological innovation despite the existence of numerous
challenges, including security issues and significant time constraints.
This project has benefitted applicants and the Department by making the
application and hiring process more efficient and effective and
substantially reducing the costs associated with the administration of
the programs. It has furthered the President's Management Agenda by
expanding electronic government, while simultaneously advancing the
Department's mission to attract a large and diverse pool of highly
qualified applicants.

**[THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN FURTHERING THE
INTERESTS OF U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY]{.underline}**

This award recognizes outstanding achievements and contributions towards
protecting U.S. national security. Five Excellence in Furthering the
Interests of U.S. National Security Awards are presented this year.

**Jeffrey A. Breinholt**

Trial Attorney

Counterterrorism Section

Criminal Division

Jeffrey A. Breinholt is honored for his contributions to
counterterrorism after September 11^th^. Following the attacks, Mr.
Breinholt recognized that traditional white-collar investigative
techniques, combined with systematic analysis of information developed
through the Federal Bureau of Investigation's foreign intelligence and
counterintelligence apparatus, could be harnessed to advance the goal of
preventing terrorist attacks before they occur. He gathered a group of
veteran white-collar prosecutors from the Department, establishing the
Terrorist Financing Task Force. Mr. Breinholt and prosecutors working
under his direction have been responsible for some of the most
significant terrorism prosecutions of the last eighteen months. These
"material support" cases include prosecutions in Seattle, Detroit,
Buffalo, Houston, San Diego, Portland, Dallas, Chicago, Syracuse, Boise,
and Tampa; matters which have been publicly described as the hallmark of
the Attorney General's aggressive approach to terrorist disruption. Mr.
Breinholt has been heavily involved in exporting terrorist financing
experience and information-sharing principles to prosecutors and agents
in the field through training sessions he helped organize and teach for
the Attorney General's Anti-Terrorism Task Forces. He has also been
responsible for describing the Department's terrorist financing
enforcement program, now a permanent component of the U.S.
counterterrorism arsenal, to Congress and the public.

**Paul D. Clement**

Principal Deputy Solicitor General

**Gregory G. Garre**

**David B. Salmons**

**Sri Srinivasan**

Assistants to the Solicitor General

Office of the Solicitor General

The team is recognized for litigation involving challenges to the
decisions of the President and U.S. Armed Forces to detain enemy
combatants as part of the ongoing war against terrorism. This litigation
has reaffirmed a key component of the Federal Government's response to
the terrorist attacks of September 11^th^ and permitted the collection
of intelligence to prevent future terrorist attacks. These attorneys
have personally handled litigation in eight separate lawsuits filed in
four different jurisdictions. In *Coalition of Clergy v. Bush*, together
with the *Al Odah* litigation, the courts affirmed that federal courts
lack jurisdiction over the claims of aliens held by U.S. Armed Forces
abroad. *Hamdi v. Rumsfeld* has produced three favorable appellate
decisions and has reaffirmed the President's authority to hold a U.S.
citizen captured on a foreign battlefield as an enemy combatant.
*Padilla v. Rumsfeld*, which involved a petition for *writ of habeas
corpus* filed on behalf of a U.S. citizen, poses the additional question
whether the fact that the individual was detained in the United States,
rather than on a foreign battlefield, limits the President's authority.
This team personally argued the five appeals in these cases, and the
United States has prevailed in all five decisions. Most remarkably,
these attorneys dealt with all the special challenges posed by the enemy
combatant litigation while maintaining a full load of the traditional
work of the Office of the Solicitor General.

**David J. Karp**

Senior Counsel

Office of Legal Policy

David J. Karp is recognized for his active and sustained efforts to
improve Department policies in connection with counterterrorism and
counterintelligence investigations. His efforts have improved the
ability of law enforcement and the intelligence community to share
information, allowing them to better detect and prevent new acts of
terrorism. He has worked tirelessly to clarify the permissible scope of
law enforcement authority in such investigations, and to ensure that law
enforcement uses all of the tools at its disposal to protect our
citizens from further harm. His work is a credit to the Department and
undoubtedly has had a tremendous impact in furthering the U.S. national
security interests.

**Leslie S. Smith**

Special Investigative Agent

**Todd J. Carpenter**

Special Investigative Specialist

U.S. Penitentiary, Administrative Maximum

Florence, Colorado

Federal Bureau of Prisons

The team is honored for their dedication to maintaining national
security. They have gathered a vast amount of intelligence from
individuals convicted of international terrorism and espionage. Through
their efforts, the recipients have been instrumental in assisting other
agencies in obtaining intelligence information. In addition, they have
assisted in the prosecution of several major street gang cases. The
group's commitment and persistent efforts have enhanced staff
development on these important issues.

**Patricia A. Sumner**

**Paul Yanowitch**

Investigative Counsel

Office of Oversight and Review

**Robert A. Bourbon**

**Carmine L. Marino**

**Steve W. Hunter**

Special Agents

**Michael L. Akin**

Investigative Research Analyst

Investigations Division

**Eileen L. Owens**

**Judy A. Sutrich**

Program Analysts

**Anne M. Sheppard**

Assistant Director

Evaluation and Inspections Division

**Stephen H. Fallowfield**

Attorney-Advisor

Office of General Counsel

Office of the Inspector General

This award is presented to the team for the outstanding investigation
and analysis of the former Immigration & Naturalization Service contacts
with two September 11^th^ terrorists and efforts to track foreign
students in the United States. Just two months after the President and
the Attorney General asked the Office of the Inspector General to
conduct an investigation, a 188-page report was released that fully
reported on the handling of multiple entries by two terrorists, the
subsequent processing and decision-making with respect to the
terrorists' request to have their status changed from tourist to that of
students, and the delayed notification sent to an aviation school almost
six months after the terrorists' role in the attack on the World Trade
Center became known. The report was the result of the coordinated
efforts of ten exceptional employees. Their work was detailed, highly
professional, and resulted in insights and recommendations of
immeasurable benefit to future homeland security.

**[THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S AWARD FOR EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
OPPORTUNITY]{.underline}**

This is the Department's highest award for performance in support of the
Equal Employment Opportunity program. One Equal Employment Opportunity
Award is presented this year.

**Fernando Gaspar De Alba**

Fabric Worker Supervisor

**Dwight C. Greene**

Human Resource Manager

**Thomas P. Lemieux**

Special Education Teacher

**Teresa D. Lewis**

Human Resource Specialist

**Gina B. Pierce**

Budget Analyst

U.S. Penitentiary

Pollock, Louisiana

Federal Bureau of Prisons

The team is recognized for their outstanding efforts and contributions
in developing a highly motivated, diverse workforce. They are also
recognized for their leadership role with other Bureau facilities to
recruit highly qualified minorities and women. The group has enhanced
the reputation of the institution and the Bureau through their
involvement in community organizations. Their efforts have done much to
bolster the goals of Equal Employment Opportunity within the Bureau.

**[THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN LEGAL
SUPPORT]{.underline}**

This award recognizes outstanding achievements in the field of legal
support to attorneys by paralegal specialists and legal secretaries.
Three Excellence in Legal Support Awards are presented this year.

***PARALEGAL CATEGORY***

**Karen P. Dixon**

Paralegal Specialist

**Ashley Rodriguez Rohde**

Paralegal Assistant

U.S. Attorney's Office

Eastern District of Louisiana

Karen P. Dixon and Ashley Rodriguez Rohde are recognized for their
support of eight prosecutors for whom they produced over 900 grand jury
subpoenas, managed the travel of hundreds of witnesses, coordinated over
250 pre-trial pleadings, and organized hundreds of thousands of
documents and exhibits using an automated trial litigation system
created specifically for these cases. Ms. Dixon and Ms. Rohde were
responsible for the in-court presentation of exhibits and the playing of
numerous T-III taped recordings during the four-month trial of former
Louisiana Governor Edwin W. Edwards in January 2000, and a separate
five-week trial in September 2000. Thereafter, both Ms. Dixon and Ms.
Rohde continued to cover their assigned duties while tirelessly storing,
locating, indexing, and marshaling all transcripts and evidence in
preparation for the lengthy appeals process which lasted until the
denial of *certiorari* in these two cases in January and February 2003,
respectively.

***LEGAL SECRETARY CATEGORY***

**Marsha A. Pfunder**

Legal Assistant

Environmental Enforcement Section

Environment & Natural Resources Division

This award is presented to Marsha A. Pfunder for her work in providing
the Environmental Enforcement Section's trial lawyers with consistently
superb legal support. Ms. Pfunder's work ethic, initiative, enthusiasm,
and outstanding skills contribute not only to the efficient day-to-day
operation of the Section, but have been an important source of cohesion
at several recent high-profile trials. In each instance, the outstanding
legal support Ms. Pfunder supplied at trial freed the trial team's
attorneys to focus solely on the vigorous litigation of the Government's
claims.

**Martha J. Watson**

Legal Clerk

U.S. Trustee's Office

Norfolk, Virginia

Martha J. Watson is recognized for her dedication and accomplishments at
the Norfolk, Virginia, U.S. Trustee's Office. The efforts of Ms. Watson
have been critical to making the transition to and becoming proficient
with electronic case filing, and she has helped establish the office as
a leader within the Program in developing procedures to deal with
electronic filings. She has also been instrumental in assisting with
combating fraud and abuse in the bankruptcy system. She has used her
skills and her dedication to improve the efficiency of the office and to
make the system more transparent and debtor's more accountable.

**[THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN ADMINISTRATIVE
SUPPORT]{.underline}**

This award recognizes outstanding performance in administrative or
managerial support by an administrative employee or secretary. Three
Excellence in Administrative Support Awards are presented this year.

***ADMINISTRATIVE CATEGORY***

**Mary Jane Coyne**

Intelligence Research Specialist

Buffalo Field Office

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Mary Jane Coyne is honored for her support of the investigation and
international manhunt for James Charles Kopp, the man responsible for
killing Dr. Barnet Slepian, a provider of women's reproductive health
services. The investigative team applied every investigative technique
available to not only identify and indict James Charles Kopp, but to
locate and capture him as well.

***SECRETARIAL CATEGORY***

**Doris L. McMurray**

Senior Lead Secretary

Commercial Litigation Branch

Civil Division

Doris L. McMurray is honored for her outstanding achievements as Senior
Lead Secretary in the National Courts Office of the Commercial
Litigation Branch. Over the course of her 23 years with the office, the
last two years as Senior Lead Secretary, she has served with distinction
and excellence. Ms. McMurray has met the challenges of planning and
implementing an office reorganization and developing the necessary
systems to ensure the smooth daily operation for an office with 200
employees. She played a pivotal role in the reorganization during a
severe staff shortage, establishing procedures to ensure quality
control, and has managed support staff workflow and cross-training. Her
performance amply supports recognition for administrative excellence.

**Angel R. Paulson**

Confidential Assistant to the Director

Office of Public Affairs

This award is presented to Angel R. Paulson for her outstanding
performance within the Office of Public Affairs. Since joining this
staff in January of this year, Ms. Paulson has assumed all tasks of two
previous employees. Her excellent time management skills, along with her
ability to handle multiple tasks, have allowed her to excel at this
newly combined position. Being new to the Federal government, Ms.
Paulson has gone above and beyond in learning the intricacies of the
Department's dealings. Her desire not only to learn, but to master
processes, has resulted in the organized and efficient processing of all
personnel forms. This knack for efficiency and attention to detail has
resulted in substantial savings in both time and money for the Office of
Public Affairs.

**[THE JOHN MARSHALL AWARD]{.underline}**

The John Marshall Awards are the Department's highest awards presented
to attorneys for contributions and excellence in legal performance.
Thirteen awards in the nine category awards are presented this year.

***TRIAL OF LITIGATION***

**James Letten**

Acting U.S. Attorney

**Fred P. Harper, Jr.**

**Peter G. Strasser**

**Michael W. Magner**

**Stephen A. Higginson**

Assistant U.S. Attorneys

Eastern District of Louisiana

**Todd L. Greenberg**

Assistant U.S. Attorney

Western District of Washington

This award is presented to the team for their outstanding and
distinguished service in the successful prosecution of former Louisiana
Governor Edwin W. Edwards. Their four-year odyssey began in April 1996,
and culminated in May 2000, with the landmark, unprecedented conviction
of Edwards and four other individuals. The convictions and sentences
arose out of Edwards' operation of a corrupt enterprise which used the
Office of the Governor in carrying out extortions for corrupt
profiteering, and the illegal control and manipulation of the state
system to award river boat gaming licenses in Louisiana.

**Jennifer E. Ihlo**

**Melissa Schraibman**

**Amanda Boog Cruser**

Trial Attorneys

Criminal Enforcement Section

Tax Division

The successful prosecution of *U.S. v. Flowers, et al.,* represented a
major victory in the Government's ongoing efforts to prosecute the
promoters of tax protest organizations, individuals whose goals include
a collapse of this country's system of revenue collection. Due to many
factors, including the complexity of the organization and the
sophistication of the promoters of the tax scheme, the investigation and
prosecution of this case was accomplished only through the relentless
efforts of the recipients. In addition to shutting down this illegal tax
protest organization, which had concealed over \$186 million in assets
of its members, this prosecution succeeded in avoiding future losses
generated by the scheme. Furthermore, in light of the substantial
sentences handed down to Flowers and his associates, the prosecution of
this matter also served as a powerful deterrent to other potential tax
violators.

**Martha E. Rubio**

Trial Attorney

Counterterrorism Section

Criminal Division

**Kenneth D. Bell**

Former Assistant U.S. Attorney

**Douglas Scott Broyles**

Assistant U.S. Attorney

Western District of North Carolina

The team is honored for their exceptional work in *U.S. v. Hammoud*, the
first terrorist financing case under Title 18 to be tried before a jury.
Their work on this case achieved a new level of cooperation between
several diverse Federal, State, local, and international law enforcement
and intelligence agencies which resulted in the indictment of eighteen
individuals suspected of being members of a Hezbollah cell, on a broad
range of criminal charges associated with their trafficking in
contraband cigarettes, immigration fraud, bribery, money laundering, and
the provision of material support to Hezbollah. The efforts of the
recipients laid the foundation for future international cooperation with
foreign intelligence services and established new legal precedents for
future terrorism prosecutions.

***PARTICIPATION IN LITIGATION***

**Kevin R. Feldis**

Assistant U.S. Attorney

**Elisa P. Holland**

Lieutenant Commander, U.S. Coast Guard &

Special Assistant U.S. Attorney

District of Alaska

**Joseph A. Poux**

**Richard A. Udell**

Trial Attorneys

Environmental Crimes Section

Environment & Natural Resources Division

The team is recognized for the first vessel pollution investigation in
the Nation, resulting in the indictment of a corporate director,
on-shore corporate managers, a ship's captain, and chief engineers for
polluting the world's oceans and attempting to cover up their crime. In
addition, one U.S. and three foreign corporations pled guilty to
deliberately discharging oil into international waters to save the time
and money that compliance with U.S. law and international treaties would
have required.

**Lawrence G. McDade**

Deputy Director

**Barbara J. Alkalay**

Former Trial Attorney

Office of Consumer Litigation

Civil Division

Barbara J. Alkalay and Lawrence G. McDade are honored for *U.S. v.
American National Red Cross*; litigation seeking to bring blood
collection and processing operations into compliance with Food and Drug
Administration Good Manufacturing Practices Regulations. Mr. McDade and
Ms. Alkalay drafted hundreds of pages of pleadings, explaining systemic
problems with the national blood operations. Working with the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services, the recipients convinced the
American Red Cross to enter into a Consent Decree to self regulate their
operations, exposing the organization to up to \$200 million in fines
over the next four years if it does not comply with Food and Drug
Administration standards. Their hard work has created a road map for
future compliance and helped to ensure a safer and healthier national
blood supply.

***SUPPORT OF LITIGATION***

**Amy Chang Lee**

Assistant Chief

**Robert C. Dalton**

**Melissa Marquez Oliver**

**David J. Stander**

**Catherine M. Weinstock**

Trial Attorneys

**Mervyn Hamburg**

Supervisory Trial Attorney

Organized Crime and Racketeering Section

Criminal Division

This award is presented in recognition for efforts of the Racketeer
Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Unit of the Criminal Division's
Organized Crime and Racketeering Section. The recipients have rendered
exemplary service in their review of proposed prosecutions under the
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations and Violent Crimes in Aid
of Racketeering statutes. Cases brought using these statutes are among
the most important and complex cases handled by the Department,
including high-profile prosecutions relating to terrorism, public
corruption, and organized crime. Unit attorneys are commended for their
thorough analysis under extremely tight deadlines and their high level
of expertise in not only these statutes, but also the myriad of State
and Federal violations which constitute underlying predicate
racketeering acts. Unit attorneys play an important legal advisory role,
providing direct assistance in support of litigation by helping the
prosecutors craft improved charging documents and clearer understanding
of what must be proven at trial; as well as post-approval assistance on
motions, jury instructions, and appeals.

***HANDLING OF APPEALS***

**Frank P. Cihlar**

Reviewer

Appellate Section

Tax Division

**Kent L. Jones**

Tax Assistant to the Solicitor General

Office of the Solicitor General

In the recent decision in *Boeing Co. v. U.S.*, the Supreme Court held
that deductions for research and development activities engaged in by
companies that qualify for favorable treatment accorded to income from
foreign sales under the Domestic International Sales Corporation and
Foreign Sales Corporation provisions of the Internal Revenue Code are to
be apportioned between foreign and domestic sales on the basis of the
sales, during the years in question, of the broad product categories to
which such research and development relates. This assures that the
favorably treated foreign sales income will bear a fair proportion of
such expenses. This victory is due in large part to the dedicated and
exceptional efforts of the recipients and will likely lead to estimated
revenue savings of between \$3 billion and \$5 billion.

**Michael S. Raab**

Special Counsel

Appellate Staff

Civil Division

Michael S. Raab has taken the lead in defending some of the Government's
most important interests. He has repeatedly been called upon to defend
the ability of the President and other high-ranking officials, most
recently playing a crucial role in shaping the appellate strategy in
challenges seeking disclosure of Vice Presidential documents relating to
the President's National Energy Task Force. Mr. Raab has defended the
constitutionality of statutes including the Welfare Reform Act,
Religious Land Use, and Institutionalized Persons Acts. He also has
successfully defended the Government's position on high priority cases,
upholding strong federal policies on obscenity provisions and the
possession and distribution of marijuana. Mr. Raab defended the Office
of the Attorney General in *Reno v. Gonzalez*, ensuring significant
protection of future Attorneys General and other cabinet officers.
Proving his ability in commercial litigation, Mr. Raab devised the
appellate strategy that secured the reversal of a lower court judgment
requiring the Government to pay over \$1 billion following cancellation
of the A-12 aircraft program. Further, he has proven himself to be one
of the Department's leading authorities on the First Amendment and
election law.

***PROVIDING LEGAL ADVICE***

**Richard C. Owens**

Trial Attorney

Office of International Affairs

Criminal Division

Richard C. Owens is honored for career accomplishments that, over the
past 18 years, have transformed the ability of prosecutors to obtain
foreign evidence needed to prove complex, international financial
crimes. With dogged persistence, he has pursued one foreign financial
haven after another from Switzerland to countries of the former Soviet
Bloc to the Caribbean breaking barriers of banking and business secrecy,
insisting on evidence in admissible form, defeating defendants\*
attempts to block the flow of evidence, and negotiating more than a
dozen treaties obligating foreign jurisdictions to provide records and
testimony for prosecutions. His judicious management of U.S. authority
to compel production of foreign records under the Bank of Nova Scotia
cases and more recently the USA Patriot Act has preserved valuable
bilateral relationships, yet secured evidence from the uncooperative.
Throughout this period, Mr. Owens has been responsible for the tracing
and seizure of hundreds of millions of dollars of crime proceeds
overseas and secured foreign evidence critical to scores of complex
financial crime prosecutions, becoming the most seasoned and successful
of the few federal attorneys with specialized expertise in foreign
evidence gathering and development of U.S. law in the field.

***PREPARATION AND HANDLING OF LEGISLATION***

**Roger R. Martella**

Assistant Section Chief

Indian Resources Section

**Patricia L. Weiss**

Assistant Section Chief

**R. Anthony Rogers**

Senior Trial Attorney

General Litigation Section

Environment & Natural Resources Division

The members of the Arkansas Riverbed Settlement Team are honored for
obtaining passage of the Cherokee, Choctaw, and Chickasaw Nations Claims
Settlement Act. The team worked tirelessly to settle the longstanding
dispute involving ownership and use of the Arkansas Riverbed, a dispute
that had its origins almost 200 years ago. This legislative settlement
resolves not only claims against the U.S., but also resolves land claims
against thousands of individuals who faced tribal claims to the land on
which they lived or farmed. Finally, this settlement protects against
reoccurrence of similar disputes in the future.

***ASSET FORFEITURE***

**Gary L. Stein**

**Marc A. Weinstein**

**Barbara A. Ward**

Assistant U.S. Attorneys

Southern District of New York

This award is presented to the team for their exceptional performance
resulting in forfeiture of over \$19 million in a case involving complex
legal, factual, and constitutional issues stemming from an investigation
of the laundering of billions of dollars through correspondent accounts
of two Russian banks at The Bank of New York.

***ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION***

**Catherine B. Banerjee Rojko**

Senior Counsel

**Drenaye L. Houston**

**Anna C. Thode**

**Patrick M. Casey**

Senior Attorneys

**Amy R. Gillespie**

**Scott D. Bauer**

**Christy L. King**

Trial Attorneys

Environmental Enforcement Section

**Cynthia S. Huber**

Senior Attorney

General Litigation Section

Environment & Natural Resources Division

The members of the Colonial Oil Team are recognized for reaching an
innovative settlement through alternative dispute resolution in this
highly technical Clean Water Act case. The team secured a record \$34
million penalty and injunctive relief addressing 5,500 miles of
pipeline, demonstrating the Department's commitment to maintaining the
integrity of the Nation's infrastructure and protecting the environment
from the devastating impacts of oil spills.

***INTERAGENCY COOPERATION IN SUPPORT OF LITIGATION***

**John K. Webb**

Assistant Counsel, Office of the Inspector General

Social Service Administration

John K. Webb is honored for his outstanding and exemplary work on Social
Security, identity theft, and terrorism issues with the U.S. Attorney's
Office for the District of Arizona. Mr. Webb headed *Operation Tarmac*,
helped to create an Identity Theft Task Force, and prosecuted several
defendants with links to terrorist organizations on Social Security
fraud charges. He accomplished all of these activities while acting as a
Special Assistant U.S. Attorney from the Social Security Administration
and splitting his time among the Districts of Arizona, Central
California, and Oregon.

**[THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING SERVICE IN FREEDOM OF
INFORMATION ACT ADMINISTRATION]{.underline}**

This award recognizes exceptional dedication and effort to the
implementation of the Freedom of Information Act. One Outstanding
Service in Freedom of Information Act Administration Award is presented
this year.

**Kathy M. Harris**

Senior Paralegal Specialist

Mid-Atlantic Regional Office

Federal Bureau of Prisons

This award is presented to Kathy M. Harris in recognition of her
outstanding service and exceptional performance in the administration of
the Freedom of Information Act. Ms. Harris has developed a reputation as
one of the foremost FOIA experts in the Federal Bureau of Prisons,
serving as a valuable resource for staff not only in the Mid-Atlantic
Region, but also throughout the Bureau. Ms. Harris has been a vital
participant in the decentralization of FOIA administration and has
provided assistance to staff at various levels of the organization. Her
dedication to the administration of FOIA requests is exemplified by her
willingness to train staff, serve as a resource, process requests, and
assist in defending FOIA litigation.

**[THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S AWARD FOR FRAUD PREVENTION]{.underline}**

This award recognizes exceptional dedication and effort to prevent,
investigate, and prosecute fraud and white collar crimes. Two Fraud
Prevention Awards are presented this year.

**John D. Arterberry**

Deputy Chief

Fraud Section

Criminal Division

John D. Arterberry is recognized for his significant contributions to
the Department's fraud enforcement programs targeting corporate fraud,
identity theft, and prime bank investment fraud. As chair of three
Department coordinating bodies--the Securities and Commodities Fraud
Working Group, the Identity Theft Subcommittee of the Attorney General's
Council on White-Collar Crime, and the Interagency Bank Fraud
Enforcement Working Group--Mr. Arterberry has fostered close cooperation
and communication between the law enforcement and regulatory communities
at the Federal, State, and local levels to ensure an effective and
coordinated enforcement response to these crime threats. Through Mr.
Arterberry's leadership, the Department has successfully launched and
managed enforcement initiatives, prevention, and education programs that
help deter criminal conduct and heighten public awareness of these fraud
schemes, the threats they pose and the Department's role in combating
them.

**M. Elise Chawaga**

Special Agent

Investigations Division

Office of the Inspector General

Margaret Elise Chawaga made outstanding contributions to fraud
prevention in a key Department program by devising, coordinating, and
managing significant aspects of the identification of fraud allegations
connected with claims to the September 11^th^ Victims Compensation Fund.
Ms. Chawaga developed and instituted, through key administrative and
prosecutorial offices and with officials of the City and State of New
York, procedures for identifying and referring questionable victim
claims for investigation and prosecution. This seamless process has
resulted in six significant fraud referrals thus far and has set in
place the template for additional matters as they are identified,
ensuring that only claims for legitimate victims of the September 11^th^
tragedy are paid.

**[THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS
TO]{.underline}**

**[COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY]{.underline}**

This award recognizes outstanding achievement in the development and
support of community partnerships designed to address public safety
within a community. Two Outstanding Contributions to Community
Partnerships for Public Safety Awards are presented this year.

**David Christler**

Deputy Superintendent

New York State Police

**William M. Casey**

Deputy Superintendent

Boston Police Department

**J. Scott Finlayson**

Chief

Springville Police Department

**Russell Laine**

Chief

Algonquin Police Department

**Luise Armstrong**

Sergeant

North Little Rock Police Department

**Patrick Devlin**

Assistant Chief of Police

New York City Police Department

**J. Robert Hamrick**

Chief Deputy

Forsyth County Sheriff\'s Office

**William J. Roberts**

Sergeant

Charleston Police Department

**Dennis Holley**

Supervisory Special Agent

Office of Congressional Affairs

U.S. Secret Service

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

The members of the Emergency Law Enforcement Services Forum are honored
for their exemplary service in connection with a successful survey of
law enforcement, the creation of the *Critical Infrastructure Protection
Plan for the Emergency Law Enforcement Services Sector* and the
accompanying *Guide for State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies*. The
efforts and accomplishments of the Forum truly demonstrate a nationwide
cooperative effort to effectively help the more than 18,000 law
enforcement agencies in the U.S. better secure their communities by
ensuring the ability of law enforcement to effectively respond during
times of crisis. The National Security Council used the documents
authored by the Forum as examples for other government agencies in the
development of their portions of the Nation's Critical Infrastructure
Protection Strategy.

**Thomas P. Coty**

Senior Program Manager

National Institute of Justice

Office of Justice Programs

Thomas P. Coty is recognized for his innovative and outstanding
leadership in creating and managing the National Task Force on
Interoperability, a part of the National Institute of Justice's Advanced
Generation of Interoperability for Law Enforcement Program. The
interoperability problem concerns the fact that various public safety
agencies often can not communicate during critical incidents involving
major criminal acts, natural disasters, terrorist events, or other major
disruptions of public safety and security. This inability to communicate
has resulted in loss of life and property during critical incidents such
as the Columbine tragedy. Through the Task Force, Mr. Coty brought
together more than fifteen major national organizations of elected and
appointed officials and public safety professionals to discuss and
coordinate the critical communication needs of public safety. Under Mr.
Coty's leadership, these efforts have raised awareness of the importance
of communications interoperability and have helped to set the law
enforcement community on a path to solving one of its most pressing
problems in making the public safe.

**[THE CUBBY DORSEY AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS BY A WAGE GRADE
SYSTEM EMPLOYEE]{.underline}**

This award recognizes extraordinary performance and contributions by
wage grade system employees, including laborers, mechanics, and skilled
craft workers. One Cubby Dorsey Award for Outstanding Service by a
Federal Wage Grade System Employee is presented this year.

**Phillip G. Jackson**

Materials Handler Supervisor

Criminal Justice Information Services Division

Federal Bureau of Investigation

In response to the anthrax attacks, the Bureau directed all offices to
immediately implement a screening operation for every piece of incoming
correspondence. Phillip G. Jackson was tasked with establishing a mail
screening operation to open and inspect all mail arriving at the
Criminal Justice Information Services Division. Under Mr. Jackson's
direction, the Division was the first Bureau component to have a fully
functional screening operation. Mr. Jackson has demonstrated a
commitment to safety. He has coordinated training initiatives in the
areas of warehouse safety and forklift operations. The observable result
of this emphasis on safety is that his staff has worked over 840
consecutive days without a lost-time accident. Another dimension of Mr.
Jackson's leadership is his concern and compassion for his employees and
others around him. Shortly after September 11^th^, Mr. Jackson worked
with to organize an effort to collect essential items for volunteer
firefighters and rescue workers in New York. Mr. Jackson took the lead
in the summer of 2002 to organize the collection of 640 pounds of goods
for the troops stationed in Afghanistan.

**[THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS BY A NEW
EMPLOYEE]{.underline}**

This award recognizes exceptional performance and notable
accomplishments towards the Department's mission by an employee with
fewer than five years of federal career service. The Attorney General's
Award for Outstanding Contributions by a New Employee is presented to
two employees.

**David L. Calone**

Trial Attorney

National Criminal Enforcement Section

Antitrust Division

David L. Calone is honored for his exemplary efforts in the
international matter of *U.S. v. Lam* and the high-profile terrorism
case of *U.S. v. Moussaoui*. In *U.S. v. Lam*, which charges bid rigging
and mail fraud in the marine construction industry, Mr. Calone performed
significant and critical legal and factual research, expertly prepared
mail fraud and interstate commerce witnesses, conducted the direct
examination of a victim-witness, executed foreign assistance requests,
and selected and presented exhibits to a trial jury. Mr. Calone also
served as primary investigator developing a complicated case of wire
fraud, money laundering, and conspiracy charges against an Italian
national who participated in a long-term conspiracy to rig bids on
marine construction projects. Based on Mr. Calone's extensive case
recommendation, the case was referred to the U.S. Attorney's Office for
the Southern District of New York for possible prosecution. Mr. Calone
has been the second chair on another international investigation
involving bid rigging related to the military transportation of
household goods, was a key drafter of search warrants executed in
coordination with the German Cartel Office, and played a key role in the
development of multinational conspiracy cases. In addition to these
demanding responsibilities, Mr. Calone has been assisting the
prosecution team on *U.S. v. Moussaoui*. Mr. Calone's outstanding
performance on behalf of the Department, professionalism, and maturity
far exceeded his level of experience.

**Kim A. Herd**

Assistant U.S. Attorney

District of Columbia

Kim A. Herd is recognized for her exceptional work in developing the
President's Initiative on Advancing Justice Through DNA Technology. This
initiative will provide significantly increased funding to State and
local governments to foster their increased use of forensic DNA analysis
to solve crimes, exonerate the wrongly convicted, and to clear the
backlogs of evidence from violent crimes pending analysis. After
researching and drafting a comprehensive discussion document for this
project, she worked extensively with senior officials at the Department
and the White House to refine the project. Once approved, she worked
tirelessly to develop numerous background and briefing materials for the
public announcement of the initiative. She was indefatigable in her
devotion to this important project, and the criminal justice community
will continue to benefit from the quality of her effort in crafting and
supporting this Presidential initiative.