Federal Mail Award Nomination Information

The awards will recognize the outstanding Federal Mail Manager and Federal Mail Center Excellence for 2008 - 2009. View the awards information for more detail about the program. 

Additional considerations:

• The nomination should be thorough and complete, but not too long (maximum is five pages). It will be evaluated on content, and the judges are looking for quality not quantity.
• Describe how the improved practice is innovative or how it provides novel solutions to existing problems.
• Discuss who, in your organization, is interested in mail operations. Did they help in instituting the best practice?
• Describe in your organization, any enhancements made in mail center security, safety, and accountability, etc.
• Describe any "lessons learned" you have gathered during the improvement process. What do you suggest others do or avoid doing based on your experience?
• Make the entry easy to read. Use headings and bullets where they will help.
• Define acronyms and abbreviations.
• Discuss money saved with carefully labeled charts, tables, pictures and/or drawings.
• Have several people proofread the nomination package for clarity, understanding, grammar and adherence to the criteria.