PROFESSIONAL AWARDS
DAVID PACKARD EXCELLENCE IN ACQUISITION AWARD
Members of the 5.56mm M855A1 Enhanced Performance Round Integrated Product Team accept the 2011 David Packard Excellence in Acquisition Award on behalf of the team. From left: COL Paul Hill, Project Manager Maneuver Ammunition Systems (PM MAS); Frank Hanzl, PM MAS Small Caliber Team Leader; Joseph South, U.S. Army Research Laboratory Research Scientist; Frank Kendall, Acting USD(AT&L); Katrina McFarland, DAU President; Jennifer Paul, U.S. Army Contracting Command; Matt Volkmann, Armament Research, Development, and Engineering Center Project Engineer; and BG Jonathan A. Maddux, Program Executive Officer Ammunition and Commanding General Picatinny Arsenal, NJ.
Directorate, received the USD(AT&L) Workforce Achievement Award for Con- tract Auditing. Wagoner was cited for her contract execution, management, and oversight of contractor performance for a high volume of contracts support- ing the disposal of 846,406 cubic feet of radioactive and mixed waste—a “unique and complex” mission, the award citation states—as well as 167 unique projects. Wagoner and her team also provided con- tract support on three emergency response actions in Japan and Hawaii.
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AWARD The U.S. Army Communications- Electronics Command (CECOM) Com- munications Security Logistics Activity (CSLA), within the CECOM Logistics and Readiness Center, was a USD(AT&L) Workforce Development Award Bronze Winner for a Small Organization.
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The CSLA provides procurement, train- ing, logistics, and operations support for communications security equipment, infor- mation security products, cryptographic keys, and related emerging technologies.
The award recognizes CSLA best prac- tices including the Student Career Employment Program, which provides mentorship and practical job experience leading to full-time employment for stu- dents pursuing postsecondary degrees in business management and logistics; and Total Employee Development, a con- solidated training planning and tracking portal. The award citation states that, among other results, 82 percent of CSLA’s Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology Workforce members achieved required certifications; all members achieved 80 continuous learning points during the last cycle; and all CSLA personnel have updated Individual Development Plans.
Congratulations to the Army’s recipients of the David Packard Excellence in Acqui- sition Award and USD(AT&L) Workforce Achievement and Workforce Develop- ment Awards. Their outstanding efforts in supporting the acquisition process help protect and better serve our Soldiers.
For the full list of awards and citations, go to
http://www.dau.mil/acqawards/ Shared%20Documents/2011%20ATL- Award%20Brochure.pdf.
ROBERT E. COULTAS is the Army AL&T Magazine Departments Editor and an Access AL&T Online News Service Editor. He is a retired Army broadcaster with nearly 40 years of combined experience in public affairs, journalism, broadcasting, and advertising. Coultas has won numerous Army Keith L. Ware Public Affairs Awards and is a DoD Thomas Jefferson Award recipient.
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