Awards To-Date

Top 50 Awards

(November 2012)

FY2008

1. (FY08/Jun) Work Life Legacy Award (Families and Work Institute) - Recognized Navy leaders who motivate individuals and organizations to challenge the status quo about how employees should work and live.

2. (FY08/Aug) Ted Child’s WorkLife Excellence Award (Working Mother Magazine) – Recognized Navy for distinctive contributions to the field of Work-Life in the business community.

FY2009

3. (FY09/Jan) Career Development Award (American Society for Training and Development (ASTD)) - Recognized Navy’s Credentialing Opportunities Online (COOL) program.

4. (FY09/Jan) Performance Improvement Award (ASTD) - Recognized the Center for Explosive Ordnance Disposal and Diving (CEODD) for its innovation with preparatory training for entry level divers.

5. (FY09/Jan) Workforce Learning and Development Citation (ASTD) - Recognized Navy’s Credentialing Opportunities Online (COOL) program.

6. (FY09/Jan) Managing Change Citation (ASTD) - Recognized Navy’s Task Force Life Work for their strong implementation and evaluation plans, demonstrating measurable impact across the organization.

7. (FY09/Mar) Diversity Honors Award (Association of Diversity Councils) - Navy ranked #11 among Nation’s Top 25 Diversity Councils.

8. (FY09/Apr) Most Admired Employer Award (US Black Engineer and Information Technology Magazine and Hispanic Engineer and Technology Magazines) - Recognized the Office of Naval Research for strong corporate ethics, ample learning opportunities, and an excellent benefits package - characteristics for which top employers are leading the way in attracting top minority talent.

9. (FY09/Apr) Best Diversity Company (Diversity/Careers in Engineering and Information Technology Magazine) - Recognized Navy as a champion of diversity - a forward-looking company that values and supports diversity in the technical workforce.

10. (FY09/Apr) Best New Initiative (Telework Exchange) - Recognized the N1 Virtual Command Pilot.

11. (FY09/Apr) Distance Learning Award (U.S. Distance Learning Association) - Recognized Navy’s eLearning program for excellence in the area of web-based training and education.

12. (FY09/Oct) Optimas Award for General Excellence (Workforce Management Magazine) - Recognized Navy’s excellence in 6 of 9 categories (competitive advantage, financial impact, global outlook, innovation, managing change, partnership, ethical practice, service, vision). Programs recognized included COOL, Assignment Incentive Pay Program, Crisis Action Organization, Advancement Exam Development Conference initiative, Navy College Program Distance Learning Partnership, Center for Language, Regional Expertise and Culture, the Global War on Terror Support Assignment (GSA) process, and Task Force Life Work.

FY2010

13. (FY10/Jan) Career Development Citation (ASTD) - Recognized Professional Apprenticeship Career Track Program.

14. (FY10/Jan) Workforce Learning and Development Citation (ASTD) - Recognized Navy’s Language, Regional Expertise and Culture Program.

15. (FY10/Jan) Organizational Learning Citation (ASTD) - Recognized Navy’s Voluntary Education Program.

16. (FY10/Jan) Learning Technologies Citation (ASTD) - Recognized Navy’s Game-Based Casualty Training System.

17. (FY10/Jan) Learning Technologies Citation (ASTD) - Recognized Full Spectrum Surface Warfare Training.

18. (FY10/Jan) Learning Technologies Citation (ASTD) - Recognized Computer-Based Adult Reading Comprehension Improvement.

19. (FY10/Feb) Top 125 (Training Magazine) - Selected as #17 of the top training organizations in the country through Training Magazine’s prestigious Top 125 list. Outstanding Training Initiative Award - NSTC’s Game-Based Casualty Response Training System was one of five programs recognized among the Top 125 training organizations.

20. (FY10/Feb) 2010 Top Federal Agencies for Diversity (DiversityInc Magazine) - Navy ranked #5 among 30 Federal agencies for excellence in leadership commitment, human capital, communications and supplier diversity.

21. (FY10/Mar) Work-Life Innovative Excellence Award (Alliance for Work-Life Progress) - Recognized Navy’s Task Force Life/Work for demonstrating excellence in enhancing and promoting work-life effectiveness while achieving organizational goals.

22. (FY10/Apr) Diversity Honors Award (Association of Diversity Councils) - Navy ranked #8 among Nation’s Top 25 Diversity Councils.

23. (FY10/Apr) Best Diversity Company (Diversity/Careers in Engineering & Information Technology) - Recognized Navy’s Diversity program for the second year for its excellence in support of minorities and women and its attention to work/life balance.

24. (FY10/May) 2010 Best Company for Blacks in Technology (Black Data Processing Associates and WorkplaceDiversity.com) - Recognized Navy as one of 14 national companies who excel in community outreach and diversity recruiting programs, and for promoting a significant number of African Americans into their IT management ranks.

25. (FY10/Jul) Alfred P. Sloan Award for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation - Recognized Navy Recruit Training Command as a national leader in successfully using workplace flexibility practices in meeting organizational and employee goals by awarding it an “honorable mention.”

FY2011

26. (FY11/Nov) Optimas Award for “Service” (Workforce Management Magazine) - Recognized Navy for Moms website and program as the single organization winner in the “Service” category of program excellence. The Service award is given to the organization whose workforce management leaders have created an initiative to help another constituency within the organization meet its business goals. Navy is the first organization in the award’s history to win in back-to-back years.

27. (FY11/Dec) Alfred P. Sloan Award for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility
(Alfred P. Sloan Foundation) - Recognized Navy’s Executive Training Detachment, Sigonella, Sicily, as a winner in this national annual competition which awards organizations that successfully and innovatively use workplace flexibility practices in meeting organizational and employee goals.

28. (FY11/Dec) Alfred P. Sloan Award for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility
(Alfred P. Sloan Foundation) - Recognized the Navy Detachment, Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, as a winner.

29. (FY11/Dec) Alfred P. Sloan Award for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility
(Alfred P. Sloan Foundation) - Recognized Headquarters, Naval Education and Training Command (NETC), Pensacola, Florida, as a winner.

30. (FY11/Dec) Alfred P. Sloan Award for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility
(Alfred P. Sloan Foundation) - Recognized Naval Submarine Support Command, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, as a winner.

31. (FY11/Dec) Alfred P. Sloan Award for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility
(Alfred P. Sloan Foundation) - Recognized Navy’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal Training and Evaluation Unit TWO, Norfolk, Virginia, as a winner.

32. (FY11/Dec) Alfred P. Sloan Award for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility
(Alfred P. Sloan Foundation) - Recognized Navy’s Center for Seabees and Facilities Engineering, Port Hueneme, California, as a winner.

33. (FY11/Dec) Alfred P. Sloan Award for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility
(Alfred P. Sloan Foundation) - Recognized the Naval Aviation Forecast Detachment, Sembach, Germany, as a winner.

34. (FY11/Dec) Alfred P. Sloan Award for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility
(Alfred P. Sloan Foundation) - Recognized Patrol Squadron Five (VP-5) as a national leader in successfully using workplace flexibility practices in meeting organizational and employee goals by awarding it an “honorable mention.”

35. (FY11/Dec) Alfred P. Sloan Award for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility
(Alfred P. Sloan Foundation) - Recognized Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron Two (VQ-2) as a national leader in successfully using workplace flexibility practices in meeting organizational and employee goals by awarding it an “honorable mention.”

36. (FY11/Dec) Disability Matters Award (Springboard Consulting) - Recognized NAVSEA for its Wounded Warrior Recruiting Program as a winner in the “Workforce” Category (one of only four categories recognized).

37. (FY11/Jan) Learning Technologies Award (ASTD) - Recognized the Navy’s Surface Warfare School as one of only 16 award winners for its Full Spectrum Surface Warfare Training Program.

38. (FY11/Jan) Performance Improvement Citation (ASTD) - Recognized the Center for Naval Engineering’s Basic Engineering Common Core Course Analysis Program.

39. (FY11/Feb) Top 125 (Training Magazine) - Selected as #7 of the top training organizations in the country through Training Magazine’s Top 125 list.

40. (FY11/Feb) Human Capital Management for Defense Award (HCMD) - Recognized Naval Sea Systems Command as a single winner in the category of Most Innovative Recruiting Program for its Wounded Warrior Recruiting Program.

41. (FY11/Feb) Human Capital Management for Defense Award (HCMD) - Recognized NETC’s Center for Information Dominance (CID) for its Navy COOL program as a winner in the Workforce Development category.

42. (FY11/Mar) ERE Award (ERE Media) - Recognized NAVSEA for its Wounded Warrior Recruiting Program as the single winner in the Best Military Talent category.

43. (FY11/Mar) ERE Award (ERE Media) - Recognized CNRC as a finalist in its Recruiting Department of the Year competition.

44. (FY11/Apr) 50 Out Front Companies for Diversity Leadership: Best Places for Diverse Managers to Work listing for 2011(DiversityInc Magazine) - Selected as #26 on this organization’s Top 50 companies for Diversity Leadership, marking the first time a government institution has been included on the list.

45. (FY11/Apr) Diversity Honors Award (Association of Diversity Councils) - Navy ranked #1 among Nation’s Top 25 Diversity Councils.

FY2012

46. (FY12/Oct) 2011 BEST Award (ASTD)- Selected to be #3 on this 32 organization, “best training company” list that has recipients from six nations.

47. (FY12/Oct) Optimas Award for “Partnership” (Workforce Management Magazine) - Recognized Navy’s Adopt a Ship Program as the single organization winner in the “Partnership” category of program excellence. The Partnership award is given to the organization whose workforce management leadership has developed the most innovative program with another party, either within the organization or outside of it. Navy is the first organization in the award’s history to win three (3) times.

48. (FY12/Oct) Alfred P. Sloan Award for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility (Alfred P. Sloan Foundation) - Recognized Navy’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal Training and Evaluation Unit 2 (EODTEU2), Virginia Beach, VA, as a winner in this national annual competition which awards organizations that successfully and innovatively use workplace flexibility practices in meeting organizational and employee goals.

49. (FY12/Oct) Alfred P. Sloan Award for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility (Alfred P. Sloan Foundation) - Recognized the Navy Personnel Support Detachment Afloat West, San Diego, CA, as a winner.

50. (FY12/Oct) Alfred P. Sloan Award for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility (Alfred P. Sloan Foundation) - Recognized Recruit Training Command (RTC), Great Lakes, IL, as a winner.

51. (FY12/Oct) Alfred P. Sloan Award for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility (Alfred P. Sloan Foundation) - Recognized the Navy’s Center for Seabees and Facilities Engineering, Port Hueneme, CA, as a winner.

52. (FY12/Oct) Alfred P. Sloan Award for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility (Alfred P. Sloan Foundation) - Recognized Navy’s Air Logistics Office, New Orleans, LA, as a winner.

53. (FY12/Oct) Alfred P. Sloan Award for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility (Alfred P. Sloan Foundation) - Recognized Navy’s Training Squadron Ten, Pensacola, FL, as a winner.

54. (FY12/Oct) 2011 Best Diversity Company (Diversity/Careers in Engineering and Information Technology Magazine) - Recognized Navy as a champion of diversity - a forward-looking company that values and supports diversity in the technical workforce.

55. (FY12/Nov) 2011 Top 100 Ideal Employers (Universum Survey of College Students) Recognized Navy as one of the top prospective employers by college students currently studying in the fields of engineering, IT, liberal arts and natural sciences (#32/#79/#51/#22 respectively).

56. (FY12/Dec) Top 125 (Training Magazine) - Selected for the third year in a row to this list of top 125 training companies in America..

57. (FY12/Dec) Best Places to Work in Virginia (Best Companies Group)- EOD Training and Evaluation Unit 2 was recognized in this prestigious competition for 2011 Best Companies in Virginia.

58. (FY12/Dec) 50 Happiest Companies for 2012 (Career Bliss.com)- Navy was recognized as #20 on a national list of “Happiest Companies to Work for”. Key factors that contribute to the overall happiness at work, including the company culture, the work they do, how they work and the people they work with were evaluative factors. Navy best such companies as IBM, American Express, Intel, Merck and Walt Disney.

59. (FY12/Jan) American Society for Training and Development’s Excellence in Practice Awards (ASTD) - Recognized the Surface Warfare Officers School’s (SWOS) Surface Warfare Simulation Training Assessment Process, as an award winner.

60. (FY12/Jan) American Society for Training and Development’s Excellence in Practice Awards (ASTD) - Recognized the Recognized the Center for Naval Engineering’s (CNE) Basic Engineering Common Core Remediation Practice, as an award winner.

61. (FY12/Jan) American Society for Training and Development’s Excellence in Practice Awards (ASTD) - Recognized the Center for Information Dominance’s (CID) (formerly Center for Naval Intelligence) Virtual Desktop Environment Support to Training, as an award winner.

62. (FY12/Jan) American Society for Training and Development’s Excellence in Practice Awards (ASTD) - Recognized the Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training Center’s (CNATTC) Utilization of CPI Practices to Solve Bottlenecks in Students Awaiting Instruction, as a citation recipient.

63. (FY12/Jan) American Society for Training and Development’s Excellence in Practice Awards (ASTD) - Recognized the Center for Surface Combat System’s (CSCS) Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) Advanced Warfare Training (AWT), as a citation recipient.

64. (FY12/Jan) American Society for Training and Development’s Excellence in Practice Awards (ASTD) - Recognized the Naval Service Training Command’s (NSTC) Student Response System, as a citation recipient.

65. (FY12/Feb) Training Magazine Top 125 – Recognized for the third year in a row, Navy has been recognized by the leading business publication for learning and development professionals, taking the 13th spot in Training Magazine's Top 125 Awards. Navy’s Educational and Training Command (NETC) was recognized for their outstanding training and educational programs. The Training Top 125 Award ranks companies' excellence in employer-sponsored training and development programs.

66. (FY12/Apr) Diversity MBA Magazine - Navy ranked No. 23 by Diversity MBA Magazines 50 Out Front Companies for Diversity Leadership: Best Places for Diverse Managers to Work listing for 2012. This is a significant recognition that showcases Navy’s long standing commitment to global leadership development for women and minorities.

67. (FY12/Mar) Human Capital Management Defense (HCMD) Awards – Recognized Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), National Recruitment Program as the first place award winner in the Category of Most Innovative Recruitment Program. This award category recognizes the most innovative program in attracting top talent, implementing an effective recruitment strategy, and demonstrating improvements in the hiring process.

68. (FY12/Sep) Alfred P. Sloan Award – Recognized Fleet Intelligence Training Center (FITC) with the Award for Excellence in Workplace Effectiveness and Flexibility. Since 2005, the Sloan Awards have been recognizing model employers of all types and sizes across the U.S. for their innovative and effective workplace practices. As a recipient of the 2012 Sloan Award, FITC ranks in the top 20% of employers nationally in terms of its programs, policies and culture for creating an effective and flexible workplace.

69. (FY12/Sep) Alfred P. Sloan Award – Recognized US Navy EODTEU TWO - At-Large Company with the Award for Excellence in Workplace Effectiveness and Flexibility. Since 2005, the Sloan Awards have been recognizing model employers of all types and sizes across the U.S. for their innovative and effective workplace practices. As a recipient of this award, EODTEU Two distinguished itself as a leading employer of choice that is successfully using flexibility as part of an effective workplace strategy to achieve business goals and benefit employees by helping them meet their responsibilities on and off the job.

FY2013

70. (FY13/Oct) Annual Diversity Council Honor Awards – Recognized Navy Office of Diversity and Inclusion Strategic Diversity Working Group in the second place spot during the 2012 Diversity Council Conference: Enhancing Performance – Increasing Value. In its fourth year, the prestigious Diversity Council Honors Award recognizes and awards the outstanding contributions and achievements of diversity council groups that lead organizational diversity processes and demonstrate results in their Workforce, Workplace and Marketplace. Navy took first place in the 2011 award listing.

**For more information about these awards, please contact Ms. Christina Holden, Office of the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Manpower, Personnel, Training and Education), OPNAV N1Z, 703-604-3594**