receive recognition. Additionally, the Army offers awards spe- cific to the acquisition community. Te Army Acquisition Executive’s Excellence in Leadership Awards, the Secretary of the Army Excellence in Contracting Awards, and the Under- secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics (USD(AT&L)) Acquisition Awards are some of the most prominent.
You can also have your employees share their expertise with their peers. Accompanying this
issue of Army AL&T is a
supplement containing the works of the winners of the 2017 Major General Harold J. “Harry” Greene Awards for Acquisi- tion Writing. And throughout every issue of Army AL&T are subject matter experts who have been encouraged and given the time to write articles that bring a focus to their work.
But let’s take a deeper dive into awards, particularly the USD(AT&L) Acquisition Awards. Tere are 14 Workforce Individual Achievement Awards for which AAW members are eligible, in categories ranging from Acquisition in an Expedi- tionary Environment to Test and Evaluation. And each comes with the potential for a monetary award of $5,000. Each Army acquisition unit is allowed to submit one nominee in each category. But in 2017, Army acquisition units submitted a total of only 22 nominees (and of those, only 17 were quali- fied to receive the award—read the submission rules!). Out of 39,000-plus members of the Army Acquisition Workforce, there were only 17 qualified nominations, just over one per category. We know that’s not an accurate reflection of the AAW’s talent.
Consider the David Packard Excellence in Acquisition Award, which recognizes orga- nizations, groups and teams that have demonstrated exemplary use of inno- vation and best acquisition practices to achieve outstanding acquisition outcomes for the warfighter and the taxpayer. In 2006, the Army had 27 nominations for this prestigious award, rising to a high of 33 nomina- tions in 2009 and 2010. By 2016, the number of nominations had plunged to 10 before rebounding to 18 in 2017. Again, Army acquisition lead- ers are dramatically underutilizing this award.
At the end of the day, nominating people for awards is about talent management. It’s about finding a way to keep the right person in the right job at the right time. Recognizing people for their work and their successes is important. As a supervi- sor, it doesn’t cost you anything more than time and effort to nominate people for awards throughout the year. Recognizing people by nominating them for an award is probably the stron- gest message that you can send to advocate for those people and to motivate them—that you’ve recognized they’re working hard, you see their successes and you want to share those suc- cesses with our broader community.
A little bit of recognition is one of our best tools for garner- ing great performance from the talent of our workforce. Monetary rewards are wonderful, but quite often that’s not what motivates people—especially those who’ve chosen to work in the AAW. Private industry can offer more money, but it can’t offer the chance to serve. It can’t provide the daily work that connects our workforce to our warfighters, the value of being a public servant and working for DOD. As we seek to retain and recruit talent, we can’t lose sight of the fact that people who come into this business do so to get an opportunity to take on more authority and responsibility than they would in private industry, and to do unique work that they couldn’t do elsewhere. So let’s reward them for their willingness to serve and excel.
Nominations for the USD(AT&L) awards will open in May. Te U.S. Army Acquisition Support Center (USAASC) is the official collection point for Army nominations. USAASC will com- pile the nominations and submit them to senior
leadership, who will then select
and forward the Army submissions to USD(AT&L) for consideration.
Detailed information on each award and instructions for submitting nominations can be found at http://
asc.army.mil/web/acquisition- awards/. And for tips on how to write and submit a winning pack- age, go to “And the Award Goes To …” at
http://usaasc.armyalt. com/?iid=149666#folio=162.
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