Submit a Nomination Nomination CATEGORY * Individual AwardTeam Award You must choose a category for the award — Individual or Team — to begin the nomination process. Note: You do NOT need to be nominated to apply. If you/your team wish to be considered for the Awards, you can go ahead and apply directly here, and we encourage you to do so! Please note the individual and team eligibility criteria. Thank you! The deadline for submitting nominations is December 13th. Individual Nominee Information Please note the nominee must meet all of the following eligibility criteria, in order to be considered for The Cafritz Awards. Former Cafritz Awards finalists are encouraged to reapply. Former individual Cafritz Awards winners are not eligible to reapply. However, they can be nominated for the team Cafritz Awards. Multiple nominations for different candidates are encouraged. S/he serves full-time employee of the DC Government (volunteers, temporary, or contract workers are not eligible to participate) S/he will have worked at least five years with the DC Government by the date of this nomination submission S/he DOES NOT serve in any of the following capacities: cabinet-level appointee, department deputy, teacher or principal Please confirm that all criteria apply: * Yes No Nominee First Name * Nominee Last Name * Official Job Title * Agency/Office of Employment * Phone Number (Work) * xxx-xxx-xxxx Phone Number (Mobile or Home) xxx-xxx-xxxx Nominee Email * Individual Selection Criteria * Solved an extraordinary problem or achieved a significantly difficult goal. Performed an outstanding act which brought positive recognition to the City. Successfully initiated and implemented an innovative idea that brought about dramatic results. Consistently achieved excellence in overall job performance that is “above and beyond the call of duty.” Demonstrated outstanding and inspirational leadership that dramatically improved employee morale and team spirit. Please check one or more boxes that best describe the nominee’s accomplishments. Please tell us why you are nominating this individual for the Cafritz Awards keeping responses to 100 words. The nominee will have an opportunity to give a more thorough account of their achievements in the Application Portfolio. This is NOT a letter of recommendation. 100 Words * 0 of 100 max words Team Nominee Information Former Cafritz Awards finalists and winners working as part of a team are eligible for the Team Award Any work unit, group or team (3-10 individuals) within one or multiple DC Government agencies may apply for the Team Award Initiatives that involve other organizations, private sector and/or community-based organizations are also eligible, but only if the initiative is sponsored by a DC Government organization NOTE: Eligible initiatives can be large in scale, and impact the entire District/agency/organization, or they can be small-scale, focusing on a specific problem. Please submit contact information for the Team Lead in the nominee fields below. Team member information will be requested on the Application Portfolio. Multiple nominations for different teams are encouraged. Team Lead First Name * Team Lead Last Name * Agency/Office of Employment * Official Job Title * Phone Number (Work) * xxx-xxx-xxxx Phone Number (Mobile or Home) xxx-xxx-xxxx Team Lead Email * The Cafritz Awards’ Team Innovation Award is designed to honor the achievements of DC Government units, groups, and teams (of 3-10 individuals) that demonstrate that they are able to devise and implement an innovative customer-focused initiative. The teams must demonstrate that their success was not accidental—it must have been the result of a methodical and sustainable approach to driving innovation in the public sector. Please check one or more boxes that best describe the team's accomplishments:. * Introduced a unique concept, idea, policy, or a distinctively new approach to a problem in the context of given agency mission(s) Increased government capacity to serve its constituents, using innovative methods, tools and techniques that are applied to themes such as: modernization, change of organizational culture, and administrative reforms Encouraged partnerships between the public sector, civil society and the private sector in the design and implementation of the innovation initiative Improved access and promoted equity by extending service delivery to vulnerable groups (e.g. the poor, women, minorities, the youth, elderly, the disabled and others) and/or extended service delivery to a wider population than before, particularly through mechanisms that promoted social inclusion Provided high quality service delivery through improvement in timeliness, effectiveness, and client-orientation in public service delivery Please tell us why you are nominating this team for the Cafritz Awards keeping responses to 100 words. The nominee will have an opportunity to give a more thorough account of their achievements in the Application Portfolio. This is NOT a letter of recommendation. 100 Words * 0 of 100 max words Nominator Information Nominator First Name * Nominator Last Name * Phone (Primary) * xxx-xxx-xxxx Phone Number (Secondary) xxx-xxx-xxxx Nominator Affiliation * What is your affiliation to the nominee (i.e. supervisor, colleague, friend, relative, etc.)? Nominator Email * How did you hear about the awards program? * May we release your name and nomination statement to the nominee if they request the information? * Yes No reCAPTCHA Submit If you are human, leave this field blank. This form is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
