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ALCOAST 484/12
COMDTNOTE 1650
SUBJ: 2012 CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER (CFO) ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
A. Medals and Awards Manual, COMDTINST M1650.25 (series)
1. This message solicits nominations for the 2012 CFO Awards for
Excellence IAW Chapter 6.I of reference A.
2. This award program provides recognition for noteworthy
accomplishments by Coast Guard personnel in the areas of
extraordinary leadership, resourcefulness, or imagination, innovative
thinking and creative research, and initiative in execution of
duties. 2012 nominations should reflect an emphasis on outstanding
performance, innovative thinking, and improved methods in financial
management.
3. There are eight personal award categories and a team category for
the USCG CFO awards for excellence. The categories for the awards
are:
     a. Commissioned Officer O-4 and above
     b. Commissioned Officer O-1 to O-3
     c. Civilian Employees GS-13 and above
     d. Civilian Employees GS-9 to GS-12
     e. Civilian Employees up to GS-8
     f. Warrant Officer
     g. Enlisted Personnel E-7 and above
     h. Enlisted Personnel E-6 and below
     i. Team Achievement consisting of 4 to 20 personnel
4. Any Coast Guard employee may be nominated for a Coast Guard CFO
award. It is not necessary for the nominee to be assigned to a
financial, procurement or logistics management position. The period
for this years awards is the calendar year ending 31 December 2012.
Commands may nominate as many individuals or teams as desired in each
category. Nominations for these awards do not preclude nominees from
receiving other awards, such as a DHS CFO award, personal award or
cash/time off award, for the same action. All nominations shall be
submitted IAW ref A.
5. Submission instructions, specific categories and other details for
the CG CFO awards are found in ref A. Submit nominations using the
Recommendation for Award for Excellence/Certificate of Recognition
Form (CG-5374) available in CGForms. The proposed citation box must
not exceed 14 lines of times new roman text. Citations exceeding 14
lines will be returned to the nominating command. The second page of
the Recommendation for Award for Excellence/Certificate of
Recognition Form (CG-5374) should be used to write the award
justification. Nominations shall be submitted electronically by email
to Serena.I.Sanchez(at)uscg.mil. Ensure that files are saved
accordingly: last name.cfo.doc. Hard copies of nominations are not
required and should not be forwarded. All nominations must be
received by COMDT (CG-8R) prior to 1600 EST on 15 January 2013 to be
considered by this years panel. Team award submissions shall include
a list of team members identifying the team leader and each team
members first name, middle initial, last name, position, title, rank,
unit address and unit phone/fax number.
6. COMDT (CG-8) will convene a panel of Coast Guard resource managers
from the award area communities the week of 21 January 2012 to review
the nominations and recommend awardees. Members from the financial
management, comptrollership, acquisition, procurement and logistics
communities who wish to be considered for membership on the selection
panel should send their request to the POC listed in Para (8) NLT 04
January 2013. The members of the selection panel will be chosen by
COMDT (CG-8) and will be notified by 11 January 2013. USCG CFO award
winners will be announced in the Spring of 2013.
7. The point of contact for the awards is Ms. Serena Sanchez
202-372-3603 Serena.I.Sanchez(at)uscg.mil. All additional information
will be posted to the following link (all lowercase):
https://collab.uscg.mil/lotus/myquickr/cfo-internal-resources--workfo
rce-develop-cg-8r/welcome.
8. RDML S.P. Metruck, Assistant Commandant for Resources and Chief
Financial Officer, sends.
9. Internet release authorized.