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# Call open for nominations for annual awards program

By Beth Reece

                FORT BELVOIR, Va.  –              
Nominations are being accepted through Aug. 11 for the Defense Logistics Agency’s 56th Annual Employee Recognition Program.

The awards recognize achievements and contributions of individuals and teams performing diverse missions throughout the enterprise. The program traditionally draws hundreds of nominations and stiff competition in some categories, said DLA Human Resources Director Sharyn Saunders.

“As every year, we encourage supervisors to look across their staffs and consider those employees who’ve contributed significantly to the overall DLA mission and helped improve the quality of our organization,” she said. “We have some incredibly talented and giving employees who deserve to be honored, and this is an opportunity for us to recognize them in a public way.”

Each DLA Headquarters directorate and major subordinate command may submit one nomination for each level in seven categories. Nominations must be vetted at local levels to ensure nominees have demonstrated integrity and high ethical standards throughout their DLA careers, according to DLA Human Resources instructions that include rules and nomination formats.

The time of performance for each category varies. Nominees for Outstanding DLA Personnel of the Year, for example, must have conducted the work from June 1, 2022, through May 31, 2023, while Acquisition Excellence Awards are for work done during fiscal 2023.

Awards will be selected by the DLA Awards Review Board with final approval by the DLA director. The presentation ceremony is scheduled for Jan. 25, 2024, at the McNamara Headquarters Complex at Fort Belvoir.

Categories and points of contact are:

## Ten Outstanding DLA Personnel of the Year

                              - Category A – Civilian grades GS/WG/WL 1-6; military grades E1-6; or NA 1-15/NF 1-2/CC 2-5
                              - Category B – Civilian grades GS/WG/WL 7-12; military grades E7-9/O1-O3; or NF-3
                              - Category C – Civilian grades GS-13-15; military grades O4-6; or NF 4-5

## DLA Team Performance Awards

                              - Small team – 25 members or less
                              - Medium team – 26-50 members
                              - Large team – 51-125 members

## Acquisition Excellence Awards

Contact: Stacey Harvey, 571-767-1360
                              - Excellence in acquisition
                              - Individual achievement
                              - Team achievement
                              - Support professional of the year

## DLA Leader of the Year Awards

Contact: Ronald Joseph, 571-767-0393** **
                              - Level 1 – Non-supervisory employees
                              - Level 2 – Team/project leaders
                              - Level 3 – New civilian supervisors who satisfied the probationary period
                              - Level 4 – Experienced civilian supervisors who satisfied the probationary period

## Safety Excellence Awards

Contact: Brenda Smith, 571-767-4193
                              - Safety professional of the year
                              - Safety champion of the year
                              - Employee safety/voluntary protection program team award
                              - Management system achievement

## Information Technology Operations Excellence Awards

Contact: Kathy Fultz, 571-767-2185
                              - Program manager of the year
                              - Information assurance professional of the year
                              - Person of the year
                              - Team of the year

## Security Professionals Awards

Contact: Keven Hess, POC: Kevin Hess, 571-767-0109
                              - Junior
                              - Senior

For more information contact Joseph Davenport III at 571-442-0230/joseph.davenport@dla.mil or Laura Belk at 571-767-5389/laura.belk@dla.mil.

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