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50 Years of Fire Safety Advances Site Receives Communicator Award of Excellence and Award of Distinction

The 50 Years of Fire Safety Advances website received a Communicator Award of Excellence in the General-Science and Technology category and an Award of Distinction in the General-Government category. The Award of Excellence is the highest honor. It...

2024 - Silver Medal Award---Andrew Davidow, John Bonebreak, Jacob Neal, Crispin Bray Jr., Troy Thacker Jr., Peter Fosella, R. Allen Wilkinson, Edgar Garay, Julie Petrousky, Blair Heiserman

For the development, implementation, and integration of a more flexible replacement for the data integration layer of the Commerce implementation of the Department of Homeland Security's Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation Program.

2024 - Bronze Medal Award---Lisa Borsuk, John Butler, Katherine Gettings, Kevin Kiesler, Angela Lee, Adam Morey, Karen Ann Price, Erica Romsos, Arlin Stoltzfus, Peter Vallone

For the modernization of the Short Tandem Repeat DNA Internet Database, a key data resource for human identity DNA testing practitioners worldwide.

2023 - Bronze Medal Award---Selim Lange, Kyle Sullivan, Justin Senseney, Ingrid Santiago Maldonado, James Simmons, Jennifer Liu, Marvin "Stacey" Windsor

For successful migration of on-premise user data storage to the cloud, thus reducing costs and providing better security and improved collaboration.

2023 - Bronze Medal Award---Sapna Mehta, Sangeeta Chakravartti, Brian Copello, Brian Berry, Torey Liepa, Swati Bhargava Goel, Nicole Gingrich, Sudip Sarbajna, Indira Kalvakolanu, Liz Reinhart

For successfully leading the development and launch of the CHIPS Incentives application portal and customer relationship management solution.

2023 - Bronze Medal Award---Organizational Representative: George Jenkins, Organizational Representative: Chandan Sastry

For excellence in organizational development accomplished via the creation of an OFRM and OISM Robotic Process Automation (RPA or Bot) capability.

2023 - Director's Award for Excellence in Administration---Sherwin McAdam, Kellie Beall, Kristen Gilbert, Amy Cubert, Terry Sorcek, Jasmine Ventura, David Bradford, Michaela Bratten, William Turner, Jason Ulanow

For developing and implementing a Performance Management tool that provides transparency and a streamlined performance management process to NIST staff and leadership.

2023 - Director's Award for Excellence in Administration---Mildred Glick, Terry Sorcek, Lucy Tedesco, Misty Roosa, Melissa Banner, Kim Stavish, Brian Copello, Dawn Hurley, Veronica Kinard, Kimberly Goode

For development of the Administrative Management Portal to centralize precise training and resources for the NIST administrative management community.

2023 - Director's Award for Excellence in Administration---Jeffrey McIntyre, Patrick Staines, Alex Garvin, James "Alan" Crabill

For their selfless vision and leadership to safely re-open, expand access to, and improve the Gaithersburg fitness center on behalf of the NIST community.

2023 - Gold Medal Award---Aiping Zhang, Joe (Sugen) Kau, Hicham Laoudi, Bethany Loftin, Lei Tong, Jason Poffenberger, Yujin Wang, James D. Wilson, Helen Nelson, James Simmons

For the successful redevelopment of the inter-agency Edison system, creating iEdison, a modernized system for the tracking of taxpayer-funded inventions.

2023 - Gold Medal Award---Timothy Blattner, Derek Juba, Damian Lauria, Benjamin Long , Michael Majurski, Diana Ortiz-Montalvo, Adele Peskin, John Henry Scott, Keana C. K. Scott, Stephan Stranick

For development and delivery of an AI-enhanced materials analysis system that enables unique U.S. capabilities in support of nuclear non-proliferation.

Directors Award for Excellence in Administration Awardees

2022 - Director's Award for Excellence in Administration---Kai Ng, Jinming (Jimmy) Chen, Gerard Ly, Kyle Sullivan, Aaron Vaughan, Daniel Diamond, Wanda Reed, Brett Whitworth, Eric Konig

For exceptional contributions implementing a NIST pre-owned technology program through repurposing Dell computers received from other DoC bureaus.

2022 - Colleagues' Choice Award---Stef Britton

For continuously demonstrating creativity, insightful innovation and forward-thinking vision.

2022 - Bronze Medal Award---Kellie Beall, Danielle Blackwell, David Bradford, Stef Britton, Kimberly A. McDonough, Brenda Perry, Debrah Reed, Jasmine Ventura, Cynthea Wines

For development and implementation of the new ASK HR tool, which has transformed HR service delivery at NIST.

2021 - Silver Medal Award---Jason Blake, Robert Gendler, Blair Heiserman, Mark Trapnell, Eric Trapnell, Dylan Yaga, Murugiah Souppaya

For development of the first free public cybersecurity SCAP 1.3 content for the macOS Catalina (macOS 10.15) and Big Sur (macOS 11).

2021 - Silver Medal Award---Ruben Rodriguez, Jr., Brian Burnham, William Jenkinson, Ramil Palmaira, Christopher Kucko, Derek Ward, Edward Cope, Jonathan Repaci

For innovative leadership of cost-effective facilities construction resulting in a state-of-the-art building for world-leading scientific advances.

2021 - Gold Medal Award---Oliver Borchert, Douglas Montgomery, Kotikalapudi Sriram, Patrick Gleichmann

For developing innovative technologies that resolved critical internet vulnerabilities and dramatically improved internet robustness.

2021 - Colleagues' Choice Award---Jason Carr, Kevin Harrison, Anthony Lonsinger, Wendy Morrison, Laurence Pesek, Erin Presley-Froemke

For their exceptional customer service and support, enabling NIST Boulder staff to succeed while teleworking during a pandemic.

2021 - Bronze Medal Award---Sherwin McAdam, Hing Pan Wong, Tracy Retterer, Karla Sims, John Furgerson, Daniel Dender, William Clark, Jody Sandel, Hong Zhang, Yali Zhang

For developing and implementing an acquisition management tool providing transparency and visibility to customers, leadership, and acquisition professionals.

2021 - Bronze Medal Award---Robert Commarota, Cerasela Constantin, Sushama Singh , Simon Frechette , Eric Shirley, Andrea Medina-Smith, Elisabeth Mansfield, Douglas Montgomery, Peter Gehring, Fernando J. Cintron

For development of an IT system to modernize and simplify NIST's publication processes

2020 - Bronze Medal Award---Matthew Funk, Chengen (Kenny) Chiang

For developing a mobile device recycling program, bringing current-generation technology to NIST that saved NIST hundreds of thousands of dollars.

2020 - Bronze Medal Award---Stef Britton, Kellie Beall, Sergio Marroquin, Yanhong Liu, Paul Davidson, Rachel Glenn, Yali Zhang

For the rapid and efficient implementation of a new self-service portal in ServiceNow, designed from the ground up using new technology.

2020 - Bronze Medal Award---Ralph Dominguez

For developing a Windows 7 to Windows 10 automated migration toolkit that saved NIST hundreds of thousands of dollars and enabled on-time upgrades.

2020 - Bronze Medal Award---Kaitlin Boeckl, Christian Enloe, Yuwen (Eugene) Hwang, Sheldon Pratt, Matthew Pugh, Jonathan Repaci, Carolyn Schmidt, WeiChung Wang, Brian Weiblinger, R. Allen Wilkinson

For automating cybersecurity assessment and authorization to dramatically increase real-time risk information for NIST leaders at reduced cost.

2020 - Bronze Medal Award---Susan Cantilli, Derrick Coley, Deborah Fowler, Andrew Halich, Wing Wong, Beth Bly, Laura Miliszauskas, Elaine Oliver, Kathryn Ritchie, Brett Whitworth

For exceptional One NIST responsiveness to the B301 mold outbreak through identification and preparation of emergency swing space for staff relocations.

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