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R 112043Z JAN 07 ZUI ASN-A00011000063 ZYB FM COMDT COGARD WASHINGTON DC//CG-092// TO ALCOAST BT UNCLAS //N05780// ALCOAST 019/07 COMDTNOTE 5780 SUBJ: 2006 COAST GUARD CHIEF JOURNALIST (JOC) ALEX HALEY, CDR JIM SIMPSON AND DOD THOMAS JEFFERSON AWARDS A. 2006 COAST GUARD JOC ALEX HALEY, CDR JIM SIMPSON AND DOD THOMAS JEFFERSON AWARDS, COMDTNOTE 5780 OF JAN 2007. 1. THIS ALCOAST SOLICITS SUBMISSIONS FOR THE 2006 CHIEF JOURNALIST ALEX HALEY, CDR JIM SIMPSON AND DOD THOMAS JEFFERSON PUBLIC AFFAIRS AWARDS. THESE AWARDS ARE DESIGNED TO ENCOURAGE AND FORMALLY RECOGNIZE COAST GUARD WIDE PARTICIPATION IN CONDUCTING OUR IMPORTANT PUBLIC AFFAIRS MISSION. THE COAST GUARDS SUCCESS DEPENDS IN GREAT MEASURE UPON THE AMERICAN PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING AND SUPPORTING OUR MISSIONS. CONSEQUENTLY, OUR SERVICE NEEDS EVERY MEMBER TO CONTINUE TO TELL THE COAST GUARD STORY. REF A PROVIDES ELIGIBILITY, SUBMISSION AND JUDGING CRITERIA. SUBMISSIONS MUST REACH COMMANDANT,CG-092 NLT 01 MAR 2007. 2. THE JOC ALEX HALEY AWARD, NAMED FOR THE COAST GUARDS FIRST CHIEF JOURNALIST AND RENOWNED AUTHOR, RECOGNIZES ACHIEVEMENTS OF INDIVIDUAL AUTHORS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS WHOSE PUBLISHED WORKS HAVE HELPED TO RAISE SERVICE VISIBILITY. COMPETITION CATEGORIES FOR THE JOC HALEY AWARD HAVE BEEN REVISED. MEMBERS SHOULD REFER TO REF A FOR NEW SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS. 3. THE CDR JIM SIMPSON AWARD IS NAMED IN HONOR OF THE FIRST PRESS ASSISTANT TO THE COMMANDANT AND RECOGNIZES EXCELLENCE IN AN ALL- ENCOMPASSING UNIT PUBLIC AFFAIRS PROGRAM TO INCLUDE MEDIA RELATIONS, INTERNAL INFORMATION AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS. ALL COAST GUARD UNITS ARE ELIGIBLE AND ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE. UNITS WITH ASSIGNED PUBLIC AFFAIRS SPECIALISTS WILL BE EVALUATED SEPARATELY. THOSE UNITS IN WHICH A PUBLIC AFFAIRS DETACHMENT IS CO-LOCATED WILL BE CONSIDERED AS UNITS WITHOUT ASSIGNED PUBLIC AFFAIRS SPECIALISTS, SO LONG AS THE UNITS PERSONNEL ARE PRIMARILY RESPONSIBLE FOR EARNING ITS PUBLIC AFFAIRS ACHIEVEMENTS. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CDR SIMPSON AWARD HAVE BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY REVISED, AND CAN BE FOUND IN REF A. 4. THE THOMAS JEFFERSON AWARD, OPERATED UNDER THE OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS, RECOGNIZES JOURNALISTIC EXCELLENCE IN INTERNAL INFORMATION, AND IS OPEN TO COAST GUARD JOURNALISTS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS. CG-09225 SELECTS INDIVIDUAL COAST GUARD ENTRANTS VIA THE JOC HALEY COMPETITION AND SUBMITS THEIR PUBLISHED WORK FOR COMPETITION IN THE THOMAS JEFFERSON AWARD PROGRAM. ELIGIBLE MEMBERS MUST COMPETE IN THE JOC HALEY COMPETITION TO QUALIFY FOR THE THOMAS JEFFERSON COMPETITION, FOLLOWING THE GUIDELINES SET FORTH IN REF A. 5. NO PAPER DISTRIBUTION OF REF A WILL BE MADE. OFFICIAL DISTRIBUTION HAS BEEN MADE VIA THE CG DIRECTIVE SYSTEM AT HTTP://CGWEB.USCG.MIL/G-C/G-CCS/G-CIT/G-CIM/DIRECTIVES/WELCOME.HTM OR ON THE INTERNET AT HTTP://WWW.USCG.MIL/CCS/CIT/CIM/DIRECTIVES/WELCOME.HTM. QUESTIONS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO CWO2 PATRICK MONTGOMERY AT (202) 372-4638 OR PATRICK.T.MONTGOMERY(AT)USCG.MIL. 6. INTERNET RELEASE AUTHORIZED. 7. RDML MARY E. LANDRY, DIRECTOR FOR GOVERNMENTAL AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS, SENDS. BT
