It identifies and illuminates government that works and government employees who work well. Today, it is more important than ever that effective and efficient government be recognized, reinforced, and, whenever possible, imitated with the hope of providing better service to the public.

Likewise, ASPA's awards recognize those researchers and professors who have made outstanding contributions to public administration literature and in the classroom.

Providing a forum through which the public sector's best and brightest can shine is what ASPA's awards are all about. With its vision of continuous improvement, ASPA structures its awards to provide guidance not only to the Society but to the entire public administration community as to the many positive directions toward which it can strive.

The 2011 nomination period will open on August 1, 2010.