|
|
|

Awards Information Page
| |
| |
| |
|
PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION |
Public
Integrity Award
This award acknowledges an organization that has made outstanding contributions
to responsible conduct in public service. The award will be presented
to an organization that:
- Represents any
domain of public service, local, state, national, international, or
nonprofit.
- Presents evidence
of accomplishing, or causing to accomplish, significant programs or
projects benefiting the general public
Click
here for more detailed information.
Awards
Homepage | Public Integrity Award Winners
Dwight
Waldo Award
Presented to persons who have made outstanding contributions to the professional
literature of public administration over an extended career. To be eligible
the nominee must have had at least one article published in Public Administration
Review and a minimum of 25 years of active scholarship that has furthered
the discipline of public administration. The name and career summary of
the Waldo Award winner will be published in Public Administration Review.
Dwight Waldo Biography
Born in 1913 in DeWitt, Nebraska, Waldo earned his bachelor's degree
from Nebraska State Teachers' College, his master's from the University
of Nebraska, and his doctorate from Yale. He taught for 21 years at the
University of California (Berkeley) before joining the Syracuse University
faculty in 1967. Waldo was one of the superstars of public administration.
He served for many years as editor-in-chief of Public Administration Review,
was president of the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs
and Administration and was widely respected as an author, consultant,
and scholar.
For an in-depth discussion
of Dr. Waldo's scholarly work, look at two articles in PAR (May/June 1997,
Vol 57, No 3., and June/July 1997, Vol 57, No 4.) entitled "Bureaucracy
and Democracy: Essays in Honor of Dwight Waldo" and "Modern
Comparative Administration: Essays in Honor of Dwight Waldo," both
by H. George Fredrickson and Frank Marini. A third article from this series
was printed in the June 1997 issue of JPART.
Awards
Homepage | Waldo Award Winners
James
E. Webb Award
This award is presented to the person(s) who gave the most outstanding
paper at ASPA's National Conference.
James E. Webb Biography
James E. Webb had an illustrious federal government career, serving
as Director of the U.S. Bureau of the Budget, as an Under Secretary of
State and as Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
(NASA). Under his direction NASA undertook one of the most impressive
projects in history, the goal of landing an American on the Moon before
the end of the decade through the execution of Project Apollo.
Webb received an A.B.
degree in Education in 1928 from the University of North Carolina. He
also studied law at George Washington University and was admitted to the
Bar of the District of Columbia in 1936.
As an ASPA National
Council member, Webb played an instrumental role in the Society's decision
to move its headquarters from Chicago to Washington, DC in 1964 by arranging
for ASPA to purchase a small row house as its office. He later served
as ASPA's President from 1966 to 1967. While President, Webb led the efforts
that resulted in the creation of the National Academy of Public Administration
(NAPA).
For more information
about Webb see the 1995 biography published by the Johns Hopkins University
Press, issued in the "New Series in NASA History." Written by
W. Henry Lambright of Syracuse University, Powering Apollo: James E. Webb
of NASA, emphasizes the leadership style and method of management Webb
brought to complex organizational issues.
Awards
Homepage
Equal
Opportunity/Affirmative Action Exemplary Practice Award
Presented to individuals and organizations which have made outstanding
contributions to a more equal society. Up to four awards may be presented
to individuals and organizations representing the following categories:
federal, state, or local government units, educational institutions, non-profit
institutions, private sector organizations.
A narrative, not exceeding
five pages in length, will provide the basis for the nomination. Emphasis
will be on achievement and results, not simply effort. The following will
also apply: complexity of the problems addressed and organizations directed;
severity of the problems addressed; use of original/innovative/ effective
approaches; impact of contributions; contributions to the attainment of
the goals of ASPA's EO/AA national policy positions.
Awards
Homepage | Equal Opportunity Award Winners
Elmer
B. Staats Lifetime Achievement Award for Distinguished Public Service
The Elmer B. Staats Lifetime Achievement Award for Distinguished
Public Service has been established to honor a public administrator's
career accomplishments and contributions to the public service and ASPA
over a lifetime. The Award Criteria are threefold:
Career Accomplishments:
The nominee may be retired or still in the workforce but must have had at least
20 years of professional public service; made outstanding contributions to an
organization or organizations on a sustained basis; and managed, created, or
facilitated significant programs and/or projects within her/his areas of
responsibility to the ultimate benefit of the general public.
Contributions the Public Service:
Service and contributions to the public sector and/or not-for-profit sector are
important factors in this award. Such activities may include service on boards
and commissions, governmental service, and service to professional organizations.
Contributions to ASPA:
The nominee must have distinguished herself/himself through three or more of the following:
- Excellence in leadership of ASPA as its national president.
- Outstanding service as a member or former member of the ASPA National Council.
- Major contributions to the success of ASPA's national committees, boards, and/or Steering
groups.
- Excellence in the leadership of ASPA sections and/or chapters.
- Sustained effort to enhance the image of the profession through ASPA.
- Other distinguished service to ASPA
The initial honoree
through this Lifetime Achievement Award was Elmer B. Staats. Honorees include
Dwight Ink, David O. (Doc) Cooke, and Harlan Cleveland.
The 2009 Award will be
presented at ASPA's Annual Conference in Miami, Florida, March 20-24.
Nomination for the Award, including a letter by the nominator(s) and a resume
of the nominee, should be submitted by October September 3, 2008.
Nominations should be sent to Patricia Yearwood, American Society for
Public Administration, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Suite 840, Washington, DC 20004.
(Note: each year,
the National Capital Area Chapter presents its Hon. Elmer B. Staats
Award for Accountability in Government to individuals or organizations
in any sector of government or academia excelling in studies or analyses
of the effectiveness of governmental programs.)
Paul
P. Van Riper Award for Excellence and Service
The Paul P. Van
Riper Award for Excellence and Service will be awarded to an ASPA member
who has made significant contributions to both the academic and practitioner
communities of public administration. Award recipients will have distinguished
themselves through their current active engagement in and contributions
to developing the public service of the future. Special consideration
will be accorded nominees with at least two of the following attributes:
- A distinguished
professional and nationally recognized leader actively and continuously
engaged in contributing significantly to the practice and study of
public administration throughout the 10 years preceding nomination
for the award.
- An exceptional
innovator in the practice and/or study of personnel administration
and human resource development with a focus on meeting the "human
capital" challenges of the 21st century.
- An outstanding
contributor for at least ten consecutive years of service to ASPA,
including previous recognition for exemplary service through an ASPA-affiliated
national, section, or chapter award.
Gloria
Hobson Nordin Social Equity Award
This annual award
recognizes lifetime achievement and effort in the cause of social equity
and is open to all nominees. Candidates may be employees of state, local
or federal government; employees in the non-profit sector; or employees
of colleges and universities. Elected public officials are also eligible
for the award. Employees from the private sector are also eligible for
the award, but the emphasis is on achievement and effort in the public
sector. Candidates do not have to be ASPA members. Download
the Nomination Application (MS Word Format). Click here
for more about this award.
John
W. Gaston, Jr. Award for Excellence in Public Service Management
This award is presented
to a public manager for excellence in public service management, particularly
in the areas of natural resource management or environmental protection.
Selection criteria include demonstrated attention to strategy, structure,
systems, shared values, and skills, but the bottom line criteria is
the achievement of results that contribute to public safety, health,
welfare, and the quality of the environment. The award consists of $500
honorarium and a commemorative plaque.
Biography
John Gaston, Jr.
received a BS and an MS in Chemical Engineering from Rutgers University.
He also received an MBA from Ryder College. Mr. Gaston's professional
career of more than 30 years was focused on improving the quality of
New Jersey's natural resources and protecting the state's environment.
During his career, Mr. Gaston worked in state government, local government,
and the private sector. From 1982 - 1989, he served as Division Director
for Water Resources and then as Assistant Commissioner for Hazardous
Waste in New Jersey's Department of Environmental Protection.
Mr. Gaston was known
as a compassionate manager who used a variety of management techniques
to achieve outstanding results. Mr. Gaston made a strong commitment
to improving the knowledge and skills of his managers and his employees.
He also led by example. John Gaston read widely on the topics of politics,
policy, administration, and business, he worked continuously to improve
his knowledge of management tools and techniques, he maintained an ongoing
dialogue with public administration scholars, and he stayed abreast
of technical developments in his field. He also insisted that the results
or "outputs" of each unit in his organization be published
on a quarterly basis, even if those outputs did not meet unit objectives.
Mr. Gaston believed that making results public provided a strong incentive
for improved performance and served as a powerful tool for accountability.
He also believed in providing assistance to managers who did not have
sufficient resources to improve their units' performance and who were
constrained by organizational systems and processes outside their control.
A key element of Mr. Gaston's legacy is that many managers who worked
for him gained leadership positions in both public and private sector
organizations.
Among Mr. Gaston's
principal achievements during his leadership in New Jersey's Department
of Environmental Protection were:
- Improved performance
of all water related operational programs under his supervision through
strong leadership, detailed planning and conscientious implementation.
- Significant improvements
in the New Jersey Environmental Cleanup Responsibility Act (ECRA)
and its administration. These improvements led to ECRA's selection
as the outstanding innovative program in state government by The Council
of State Governments in 1986.
- Development of
a $2.2 billion hazardous waste site cleanup program in New Jersey.
In 1987, this program was rated as the outstanding hazardous waste
program in the United States by the Fund for Renewable Energy and
the Environment.
International
Public Administration Award
This award honors a distinguished foreign scholar or practitioner
for significant contributions to public administration in other
nations.
To be eligible
to be nominated for the award, the individual must meet the following
criteria:
- Holds citizenship
in a nation other than the United States of America.
- Lives and
works (primarily) in a nation other than the United States of
America.
- Contributes
significantly to the field of public administration as a scholar,
practitioner, or both, as demonstrated by publications, other
awards and honors, and the testimony of the nominee's colleagues
and beneficiaries of the nominee's work.
Recommended
or sponsored by an individual or institution that is in some demonstrable
way affiliated with ASPA (e.g., membership, MOU or other partnership
arrangement, collaborative undertaking with ASPA member, host
of visit by US public officials, etc.).
|
| ACADEMIC
RECOGNITION |
Student Conference
Grants
Each year, ASPA presents four student conference grants in the
amount of $250 each. ASPA chapters are invited to nominate a student
for this award. This year's recipients were selected based on their
outstanding academic records and their commitment to a public service
career in practice or research. Click here
for more information.
Walter
W. Mode Scholarship
Managed by the ASPA Endowment, Inc., the Mode Scholarship is
awarded out of a special fund named in honor of Walter W. Mode (the
30th National President of ASPA, with a distinguished record of
public service at the federal and international levels). One $2500
scholarship is given each year for graduate study in public administration
to a student who is an ASPA member and who demonstrates a commitment
to a career in the public service. Download the application here
(MS Word format).
Wallace
O. Keene ASPA Conference Scholarships
Established in 2003, the Wallace O. Keene ASPA Conference Scholarships
are awarded to students in the fields of public administration and public
policy. The scholarships are intended to provide students financial
assistance to attend the ASPA national conference, and thereby expand
their knowledge of the field and their acquaintance with others in the
field. The $250 scholarships are also intended to emphasize the impact
of ethical leadership on the public's trust in government. Click here
for more information.
|
| PUBLIC
ADMINISTRATION REVIEW (PAR) AWARDS |
Marshall
E. Dimock Award
This award is presented for the best lead article in Public Administration
Review during a volume year.
Awards
Homepage | Previous Dimock Award Winners
Louis
Brownlow Award
This award is presented for the best Public Administration Review
article written by a practitioner.
Awards
Homepage | Previous Brownlow Award Winners
Laverne
Burchfield Award
The writer of the best book review or TOPS article in Public Administration
Review is honored with this award.
Laverne Burchfield
Biography
Burchfield (1900-1981) was managing editor of Public Administration
Review from 1943 to 1958. She served as ASPA's secretary/treasurer in
its formative years and wrote the proposal that funded the Society's first
executive director position. Prior to her ASPA involvement, she was assistant
editor of Social Science Abstracts, a staff member of the Social and Economic
Research Division of the Tennessee Valley Authority, editor of the reports
of the President's Committee on Administrative Management (Brownlow Committee),
research associate of Public Administration Service and assistant to the
director of the Rural Education Project at the University of Chicago.
After leaving ASPA,
she returned to the Public Administration Service as director of publications
and retired in 1965. Born on a farm near Holland, OH, Burchfield earned
her bachelor's degree and her Ph.D. degree in political science at the
University of Michigan.
Awards
Homepage | Previous Burchfield Award Winners
William
E. Mosher and Frederick C. Mosher Award
This award is presented for the best Public Administration Review
article written by an academician.
Awards
Homepage | Previous Mosher Award Winners
|
| SOCIETY
AWARDS |
Chapter/Section
Newsletter
These awards are given annually to recognize newsletters as a vital means
of communication and a valuable service offered to chapter and section
members. All chapters and sections are eligible. Chapters and sections
wishing to be considered must submit three issues of their newsletters
which were published between October 1, 2007 and July 31, 2008. The chapters
and sections will be placed into categories by membership size and judged
accordingly.
Awards
Homepage | Chapter/Section Newsletter
Winners | Chapter Awards | Section
Awards
Oveta
Culp Hobby Training Awards
These awards recognize chapters and sections which provide professional
development to members through planned activities. All chapter and section
programs presented during the past year are eligible. Nominations
should explain how the programs meet the following criteria:
- Is the program
offered to ASPA members and transferable to other organizations?
- Is the program
a vehicle for ensuring ethical practices in government?
- Does the program
identify new topics and target audiences?
- Does the program
promote knowledge and skills to be a creative, ethical, and responsible
public manager?
- Does the program
identify beliefs and practices to excel in the public service?
Oveta Culp Hobby
Biography
Throughout her professional career, Oveta Culp Hobby held leadership
positions, shaped major institutions and influenced large numbers of people.
At 21, Hobby became an expert in the intricacies of parliamentary law,
serving as parliamentarian for the Texas House of Representatives and
composing a widely-read textbook on parliamentary law, Mr. Chairman, in
1937. She also rose through the ranks to become manager of the Houston
Post, one of the nation's major newspapers.
In 1941, Hobby accepted
a $1-a-year position as Director of the Women's Interest Section of the
War Department. Army Chief of Staff George C. Marshall instructed her
to organize a military unit for women. In 1942 Congress authorized the
Women's Auxiliary Army Corps (WAACS, later become the Women's Army Corps,
WACS). Hobby became America's first woman Colonel. Her leadership and
organizational skills were challenged by recruiting, organizing and training
women in a military environment as often hostile as helpful. When she
retired in 1945, she had commanded 100,000 women at more that 200 posts
and in every theater of wartime operations.
After the war, Hobby
returned to the Post, serving as co-editor. From 1952-1955 she played
another pioneering role in government as the first Secretary of the Department
of Health, Education, and Welfare. She was the only woman to serve in
the Cabinet of President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Awards
Homepage | Oveta Culp Hobby Award Winners
Donald
C. Stone Service to ASPA
The Stone Award pays tribute to ASPA members who have contributed outstanding
services to the Society. Any individual currently an ASPA member and who
has been an ASPA member for three consecutive years is eligible for consideration.
Current or former ASPA presidents, the current president-elect and the
vice president are not eligible. Letters of nomination may be submitted
by any current ASPA member on behalf of another member and should include
a brief narrative of the nominee's services to ASPA. The award will be
based on outstanding service as a member or former member of the National
Council; major contributions to the success of national committees; excellence
in the leadership of chapters and sections; outstanding contributions
to the planning and conduct of national or regional conferences; sustained
effort to enhance the image of the profession through ASPA; other distinguished
service to ASPA.
Awards
Homepage | Stone Service Award Winners
Presidential
Citation of Merit
The Presidential Citation of Merit recognizes the most effective activities
by a chapter or section directed toward improved public perception of
the public service and advocacy on behalf of public service. This award
winner is chosen by the president, and no formal nomination is necessary.
Awards
Homepage | Presidential
Citation of Merit Winners
|
| JOINT
AWARDS |
| The
National Public Service Awards
ASPA and the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) have established
the National Public Service Awards (NPSA) program to pay tribute to public
service practitioners, to provide recognition for outstanding individuals,
and to underscore the need to have creative and highly skilled individuals
as career managers of complex and demanding government functions. There
is a separate nomination procedure for these awards.
- Click
here for more detailed information on the National Public Service
Awards.
- Get details about
the 2004 winners.
- View the NPSA Committee
Members here.
A brochure with complete
nomination information is available by contacting ASPA. Contact Patricia
Yearwood at the ASPA office (202) 585-4309 for full information.
Awards
Homepage | All National Public
Service Awards Winners
Charles
H. Levine Memorial Award for Excellence in Public Administration
This award, presented by ASPA and the National Association of Schools
of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA), recognizes a public administration
faculty member who has demonstrated excellence in three major areas of
the field of teaching, research and service to the wider community. Nominations
must include a current curriculum vita of the nominee and a one-page statement
on each of the following three criteria:
Research: The
nominee should have publications in the public administration field which
have made an impact on the field. The publications may include books,
refereed journal articles, research notes, monographs, or book chapters.
Teaching: The
nominee should have a demonstrated record of outstanding teaching. Teaching
evaluations, awards and accomplishments of students may be submitted as
evidence of teaching ability.
Community and Public
Service: Service and contribution to the public sector or non-profit
sector is an important factor in the award. Such activity may include
service on boards and commissions, government service and service to professional
organizations.
Charles H. Levine
Biography
A native of Hartford, CT, Charles Levine graduated from the University
of Connecticut. He received master's degrees in both public administration
and business administration from Indiana University, where he also earned
a doctoral degree in political science. When he passed away in 1988, he
was a professor of public administration at American University and deputy
director of the National Commission on the Public Service.
Levine, whose major
contributions were in the areas of "cutback" management and
federal civil service reforms, began his teaching career at Michigan State
University in the late 1960s. He later taught at Syracuse and Cornell
universities before joining the faculty at the University of Maryland
in 1977. He taught at the University of Kansas for two years before returning
to the Washington area in 1983 and joining the staff of the Brookings
Institution.
Levine became a senior
specialist with the Congressional Research Service at the Library of Congress
in 1984 and joined the faculty at American University in 1987. His books
include "Managing Fiscal Stress: The Crisis in the Public Service."
published in 1980, and "The Politics of Retrenchment," published
in 1981. He also was the founding editor of the journal Administration
and Society.
He served on ASPA's
National Council and received the Society's William E. Mosher Award for
Scholarship.
Awards
Homepage | Levine Memorial Award
Winners
NASPAA/ASPA
Distinguished Research Award
This award recognizes the research of an individual whose published
work has had a substantial impact on the thought and understanding of
public administration. It is not intended to honor lifetime contributions
to the field. It allows the public administration community to recognize
an identifiable body of work by an individual that has had specific
consequences for the way we think about the field.
Awards
Homepage | Distinguished Research
Award Winners
|
|
CENTER FOR ACCOUNTABILITY AND PERFORMANCE (CAP) AWARDS |
Joseph
Wholey Distinguished Scholarship Award
Awarded for outstanding scholarship on performance in public and
nonprofit organizations. The author(s) must provide a significant contribution
to advancing knowledge in a scholarly journal about the development,
implementation, use and impact of performance measurement. Preference
will be given to a scholarly work that is relevant to the broad public
administration community and is of interest to both practitioners and
academicians.
Joseph Wholey
Biography
Joe Wholey is Professor of Public Administration at the University of
Southern California and Director, Strategic Issues, at the U. S. General
Accounting Office. His work focuses on the use of performance-based
management and program evaluation to improve agency and program performance,
strengthen accountability, and support policy decisionmaking.
Wholey is a fellow
of the National Academy of Public Administration and a principal in
the Council for Excellence in Government. His books include Evaluation
and Effective Public Management; Performance and Credibility (edited,
with Mark Abramson and Chris Bellavita); and Handbook of Practical
Program Evaluation (edited, with Harry Hatry and Kathryn Newcomer).
Wholey served earlier
as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation in the U.
S. Department of Health and Human Services and as senior advisor to
the Deputy Director for Management in the U. S. Office of Management
and Budget. He also chaired the Virginia Board of Social Services, the
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, Hospice of Northern
Virginia, the Arlington County Board, and the Arlington Partnership
for Affordable Housing.
Wholey received
his B. A. in Mathematics from Catholic University and his M. A. in Mathematics
and Ph. D. in Philosophy from Harvard.
Download the application here
(MS Word format).
Awards
Homepage | Wholey Award Winners
Harry
Hatry Distinguished Performance Measurement Practice Award
Presented to an individual whose outstanding teaching, education,
training and consultation in performance measurement has made a significant
contribution to the practice of public administration. The award winner
must have spent the primary part of his/her career in public service.
This award recognizes a person who has made outstanding contributions
on a sustained basis rather than a single accomplishment.
Harry Hatry Biography
Harry Hatry has directed the Urban Institute's Public Management Program
(and its predecessor, the State and Local Research Program) since the
early 1970s. He has been a leader in developing and promulgating procedures
for measuring the performance, especially the outcomes, of government
and private nonprofit organizations. This work has included a focus
on pressing for the increased, regular, use of surveys of citizens and
trained observer rating procedures.
He has contributed
to a number of the major national efforts to bring about a citizen/customer,
results-oriented focus to service agencies and government at all three
levels of government. These include the Governmental Accounting Standards
Board's Service Efforts and Accomplishments Reporting initiative, the
International City/County Management Association's work in providing
annual comparisons of local government agency key performance indicators,
the United Way movement's recent focus on outcome measurement for itself
and its supported local nonprofit service organizations, and he even
played a small role in the development of the federal Government Performance
and Results Act of 1993.
His numerous publications
over the years have introduced many public employees and students to
the concepts and procedures of performance measurement and evaluation,
including his early "Practical Program Evaluation for State and
Local Governments," "How Effective Are Your Community Services:
Procedures For Measuring Their Quality," and his recent "Performance
Measurement: Getting Results."
Download the application here
(MS Word format).
Awards
Homepage | Hatry Award Winners
Center
for Accountability and Performance Organizational Leadership Award
Awarded to an organization, it recognize outstanding applications
of a systems approach to performance measurement that has resulted in
a culture change, sustained improvements, and demonstrated positive
effects on government performance and accountability. This award recognizes
an organization rather than a person that has yielded outstanding results
on a sustained basis. Preference will be given to an organization whose
results have been measured and whose impact has been documented in the
literature or at conferences. The organization may be selected from
all levels of public service - local, state, and the federal governments
as well as from international and public service nonprofit organizations.
Download the application here
(MS Word format).
|
|
|