UNCLASSIFIED ROUTINE R 132034Z JUL 18 FM CNO WASHINGTON DC TO NAVADMIN INFO CNO WASHINGTON DC BT UNCLAS NAVADMIN 169/18 PASS TO OFFICE CODES: FM CNO WASHINGTON DC//N2N6// INFO CNO WASHINGTON DC//N2N6// MSGID/NAVADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC/N2N6/JUL// SUBJ/2018 ANNUAL DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER AWARD CALL FOR NOMINATIONS// REF/A/DOC/DOD IT ENVIRONMENT WAY FORWARD/25JUN18// REF/B/DOC/2018 ANNUAL DOD CIO AWARDS GUIDANCE/25JUN18// NARR/REF A IS DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE(DOD)INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ENVIRONMENT, WAY FORWARD TO TOMORROWS STRATEGIC LANDSCAPE. REF B PROVIDES DOD CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICERS (CIO) OVERVIEW AND GUIDANCE FOR THE 2018 DOD CIO AWARDS PROGRAM. RMKS/1. Department of Defense Chief Information Officer (DoD CIO) has announced the 2018 DoD CIO awards program call for nominations. This annual event, now in its 18th year, recognizes individuals and teams within the DoD Information Technology (IT) Community for outstanding achievement in delivering forward-leaning, strategically impactful IT capabilities and IT management practices. Awards will recognize achievement for advancing and actualizing the goals and objectives set forth in reference (a), the DoD IT Environment Way Forward strategy. It is one of the highest honors acknowledging the IT community’s contributions. 2. Nominations will be evaluated on outstanding achievement in one or more of the six critical areas: relevance to CIO strategic goals; mission impact; innovation; improved information delivery and dissemination; management efficiency and effectiveness (better, faster, cheaper); magnitude of cost savings or avoidance; and broad user base. Beginning in 2018, DoD CIO awards will also include two new and specific award categories for excellence in implementing electronic records management and excellence in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) accessibility for persons with disabilities. These specific awards have their own nomination format and evaluation criteria. One winning individual or team will be named for each special award. Nominations must be completed and submitted in Microsoft Word format as per reference (b), the 2018 Annual DoD CIO awards guidance sheet and nomination template. 3. Please submit your best achiever nominations for individual and team efforts to Ms. Michele Boswell, email: shirley.boswell(at)navy.mil no later than 1 August 2018 for processing as DoD CIO has granted the Navy an extension for nomination submission of 17 August 2018. The evaluation criteria have been revised to align with today's technological environments and management approaches and will focus emphasis on the information environment mission area. Nominations received after 1 August 2018 will not be considered and those submitted directly to DoD CIO will be rejected by the DoD CIO. 4. The DoD CIO Awards Ceremony is scheduled for 1100 EST on Thursday, 29 November 2018, in the Pentagon Auditorium room BH650. 5. My point of contact is Mr. Joe Salazar, OPNAV N2N6G3. He can be reached via Comm: (571) 256-8248 or email: joseph.a.salazar1(at)navy.mil. 6. Released by VADM Matthew J. Kohler, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information Warfare, OPNAV N2N6.// BT #0001 NNNN UNCLASSIFIED//