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Nomination forms and instructions for the 2008 Prudential Financial
- Davis Productivity Awards competition are now available at www.floridataxwatch.org/dpa
(click on Nomination Forms). The deadline for submitting nominations
to your Agency Awards Coordinator is Friday, September 28,
2007.
Please submit nominations for Individuals, Teams, Work Units and
Partnerships using the NEW Online Nomination System.
Through the Online Nomination System, you will be able to create
nomination forms, save your work for future editing and expedite
the review and approval process by your manager, agency awards coordinator
and agency head.
* NEW
Online System *
2006-07
Award Winners
What is the Davis Productivity Awards Program?
What are the award categories?
Why should we participate in the Davis Productivity
Awards program?
Who evaluates the Davis Productivity Awards
nominations?
What are the criteria/achievements that must
be met in order to qualify for a nomination?
How does someone nominate an individual or work
unit?
Where do I submit the completed nomination form
and/or disk, with the computerized version of the form completed?
When is the deadline to submit nominations to
the university coordinator?
What is the Davis Productivity Awards Program?
The Davis Productivity Awards are presented annually to honor individuals
and work units of Florida state government for innovation, creativity,
and smart work that measurably increases performance and productivity
in the delivery of state services and products. This state awards
program is made possible by the late J.E. Davis and his brother
A.D. Davis, co-founders of Winn-Dixie stores and founding members
of Florida TaxWatch, a non-profit research organization which focuses
primarily on state taxing and spending issues.
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What are the award categories?
Cash awards of $250 to $2,500, commemorative plaques, and certificates
of commendation will be presented to state employees in June 2008.
Please nominate individuals, teams, work units and agencies that
exceeded their job descriptions and performance expectations in
ways that improved service delivery and added value for Florida
taxpayers and businesses between October 1, 2006 and September 30,
2007, or other comparable period.
The following are the award categories for the 2008 Davis Productivity
Awards:
INDIVIDUAL
NOMINATION -- This form is to be used for nominating
ONE state employee.
TEAM,
WORK UNIT OR PARTNERSHIP NOMINATION -- This form is to
be used to nominate teams, work units and partnerships consisting
of two or more persons.
EXEMPLARY
ACHIEVEMENT OF A STATE AGENCY NOMINATION -- This form
is to be used to nominate an Agency, Division, District, Institution
or comparable organization.
ADAPTING
AND IMPLEMENTING NOMINATION -- This form is to be used
to nominate an individual, team, or work unit for adapting or implementing
a previous Davis Productivity Award.
SUSTAINED
EXEMPLARY PERFORMANCE NOMINATION – This form is
to be used to nominate previous DPA winners who have demonstrated
exemplary performance for five years or longer. There are separate
forms for nominating an individual versus nominating a team, work
unit, district, institution or comparable organizational unit.
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Why should we participate in the
Davis Productivity Awards program?
This valuable program provides a means of recognizing and rewarding
those workers whose dedication, imagination and professional skills
improve the products and services produced by Florida state agencies
and enhance the lives of the citizens they serve. Awards to the
nominees range from Certificates of Commendation to Commemorative
Plaques, and cash awards range from $250 to $2,500.
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Who evaluates the Davis Productivity
Awards nominations?
Nominations are scored by Davis Productivity Awards staff against
the uniform performance criteria. Selected nominators are contacted
to provide additional written documentation or clarification. A
second evaluation of the nominations is conducted by the staff of
Florida TaxWatch. A distinguished panel of judges conducts the final
review of the nominations and makes the award decisions.
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What are the criteria/achievements that
must be met in order to qualify for a nomination?
The nominee's achievements must be measurable and verified, and
result in one or more of the following:
- Increased quality, quantity or timeliness of a state service
or product to an above average or higher level at the same or
lower cost;
- The same quality, quantity or timeliness of a service or product
at a lower cost;
- The same quality, quantity or timeliness of a service or product
during a period when the nominee took on added responsibilities;
- An innovation in technology, service delivery or organizational
structure that helped achieve one or more of the above;
- Other measurable performance improvements, cost savings, cost
avoidances or program enhancements.
Nominators should provide brief documentation that their nominee's
achievements meet as many of these criteria as possible:
- Nominee's achievement was initiated independently
- Nominee's achievement resulted from an innovation or assumption
of responsibility above and beyond the standards of his or her
position, and the performance of other employees in similar jobs.
- Nominee's achievement followed a functional consolidation (e.g.
consolidation of departments), a reduction in staff, or occurred
despite an unusually difficult work environment
- Nominee's achievement resulted in increased external or internal
customer satisfaction with the quality of a state service or product.
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How does someone nominate an individual
or work unit?
- Any citizen, state employee, supervisor or manager can submit
a nomination for the individual and work unit category. Nominations
in the exemplary agency category must be submitted by an agency
head or the top manager in a division, service district or state
institution. Citizens may also submit them.
- Nominators complete an extensive nomination form that is provided
to them by the Human Resources coordinator. These forms/disk version
are provided to the Deans, Chairs, and Directors during the month
of April or May.
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Where do I submit the completed nomination
form and/or disk, with the computerized version of the form completed?
E-mail the original nomination to Molly Myers in Human Resources,
memyers@mail.ucf.edu,
the UCF agency contact. University representatives help to process
nomination forms and RSVPs to attend awards presentations. They
also answer employees' questions and resolve problems, keeping their
university management informed, and providing feedback to Davis
Awards staff on ways to improve the program. The Employee Recognition
Programs contact also coordinates all publicity surrounding the
Davis Productivity Awards.
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When is the deadline to submit nominations
to the university coordinator?
Completed forms and/or disk must be submitted to Molly Myers, in
Human Resources. Each year the due date to Human Resources will
be established in order to comply with the deadline imposed by Tallahassee.
For 2008 nominations, the deadline for submitting nominations to
the UCF Agency Awards Representative is September 28, 2007.
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Last modified: 21 August 2007
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