The Eagle Award honors individuals who soar to new
heights in their efforts to serve employers and workers in
the United States. Recipients of this honor are recognized
for their contribution to workforce development,
unemployment insurance, employment, or labor market
information services.
AWARD CRITERIA: The individual must:
- be a senior official of a state workforce agency or
other agency/organization responsible for
workforce development, unemployment insurance,
employment, or labor market information services
(each state may define "senior official" appropriate
to its personnel policies and practices); and
- have demonstrated outstanding leadership in improving
the quality and success of workforce services to America's employers and
workers (such quality and success can be demonstrated in any service delivery
system, support service, and/or administrative and management function).
NOMINATION REQUIREMENTS: The nomination must:
- be submitted by July 12, 2007;
- contain a completed Eagle Award nomination
form [PDF] or [Word];
- contain the answer to the question listed on the
Eagle Award nomination form within the
prescribed word limit;
- include a statement of approval from the agency
administrator; and,
- be the only nomination for that state in that
category.
NOMINATION PROCEDURES:
If submitting via e-mail: E-mail to naswa@naswa.org
(Subject line should read "Eagle Award Nomination")
If submitting via hard copy, mail to:
NASWA, 444 N. Capitol St. NW, Suite 142, Washington, DC
20001, Attn: Eagle Awards. (Include 4 copies of nomination
packet).
SELECTION PROCEDURES:
The NASWA Board of Directors will designate from
among its members an annual awards committee which
will review all nominations received and select the award
recipient.
NASWA STAFF CONTACT: Bob Simoneau
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Eagle Award Recipients
| 2007 |
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Honorable Haley Barbour, Governor, Mississippi
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| 2006 |
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Fernando (Butch) Lecuona III, Commissioner, Nebraska Department of Labor
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| 2005 |
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Deborah Lincoln, Director, Oregon Employment Department
Governor Dirk Kempthorne, Idaho
Governor Mark R. Warner, Virginia
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| 2004 |
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James G. Neeley, Commissioner,Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development
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| 2003 |
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Roosevelt "Ted" Halley, Executive Director, South Carolina Employment Security Commission
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| 2002 |
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Honorable Mike Johanns, Governor of Nebraska
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| 2001 |
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Alfonzo Dave, Jr., Los Angeles Division Chief, California Employment Development Department
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| 2000 |
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Honorable Jim McCrery, Louisiana's Fourth Congressional District
Dr. J. Parker Chesson, Jr., Chairman, North Carolina Employment Security Commission
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| 1999 |
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Honorable Michael O. Leavitt, Governor of Utah
Robert L. Garcia, Interim Chief Deputy Director, California Employment Development Department
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| 1998 |
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Honorable Tom Ridge, Governor of Pennsylvania,
Cynthia Eisenhauer, Director, Iowa Workforce Development
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| 1997 |
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Honorable George V. Voinovich, Governor of Ohio
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| 1996 |
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Dr. Robert E. "Jack" David, Executive Director, South Carolina Employment Security Commission
Honorable Robert B. Reich, Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor |
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