NAGC Communicator of the Year
The nominations period for the NAGC 2009 Blue Pencil & Gold Screen Awards has closed. The 2009 award winners will be announced during the NAGC 2009 Communications School.
Each year NAGC seeks your help in finding a government communicator who has helped instill public trust by effectively presenting accurate, timely and meaningful information. Thinking back over the last 11 months, who do you believe has been the most effective in delivering a government organization's message? We encourage you to nominate that person as NAGC's Communicator of the Year.
The winner of the 2009 Communicator of the Year award will be presented the award at NAGC's Communications School in Orlando, Florida in April, and will join a long line of honorees. Past winners include:
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David Walker, former Comptroller General of the United States, for sounding the warning about government finances
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Max Mayfield, National Hurricane Center director
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Sidney Coffee, Director of America's WETLAND Campaign, for work warning about potential hurricane damage around the Gulf Coast
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Charles Moose, Montgomery County Police Chief, for his calm presence during the sniper investigation in Maryland
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Steve Davis, spokesperson for the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department, during the Columbine High School tragedy
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Allison Barber, deputy assistant secretary of defense for public affairs and communications, U.S. Defense Department, for connecting military families
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James Courtney, deputy commissioner for communications at the Social Security Administration for work publicizing the new Medicare prescription drug program