Purpose & Eligibility

This award recognizes an administrative professional staff member for outstanding contributions and service to the state budget office. This individual has continually shown dedication and commitment to the state budget office through innovation and by either making significant contributions over a period of time or by having made an exceptional contribution to a specific project which has had a significant, positive impact on the state budget office. Any employee in the administrative field, as an employee of a state budget office, who has made an exceptional contribution to the state budget office is eligible for the award. This may include administrative assistants who report to the secretary, director, section heads or who serve in an administrative capacity for the entire office. The award will be presented at the Annual Meeting each year.

Type of Award

The employee will be presented with an individual award and the employee’s name will be recorded on the
permanent award plaque maintained in NASBO’s office in Washington, D.C.

Basis for Selection

The nominee should be an imaginative and creative individual who possesses outstanding administrative or technical ability and exercises leadership and initiative. The nomination should explain what specifically the nominee contributes to the budget office. The involvement of the nominee should have directly resulted in one or a combination of the following:

• Demonstrated administrative/secretarial skills
• Demonstrated support for personnel internal and/or external to the state budget office
• Demonstrated creativity or resourcefulness in accomplishing major assignments

In addition the following factors should be considered when making a nomination:

• Performance over a period of time or connected with a singular accomplishment
• Demonstrated proactive and in-depth work resolving one or more of the office’s administrative issues

Submission of Nominations

Nominations are limited to one per state and must be submitted on the attached form. Two additional sheets may be used to support the nomination. The nomination must be approved by the agency head.

Selection Process

The NASBO President appoints an awards committee that is chaired by the Immediate Past President. The
committee consists of at least 5 Life, Honorary, Regular Members, and Past Presidents of NASBO. NASBO will inform the budget director or person that submitted the nomination of the selection and arrange to have the award prepared and presented to the recipient in their state budget office.