ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE
 
ROUTINE       
 
R 101211Z OCT 02 ZYB MIN PSN 291866J32
 
FM CNO WASHINGTON DC//N61//
 
TO NAVADMIN
CMC WASHINGTON DC//C4//
CMC WASHINGTON DC//C4//
 
UNCLAS //N01650//
NAVADMIN 339/02
 
MSGID/GENADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC/-/OCT//
 
SUBJ/FY 02 COPERNICUS AWARD//
POC/A. R . MILLER/CWO3/CNO N612/-/TEL:703 601-1466
/TEL:703 601-1336 (FAX)/TEL:329-1466 (DSN)
/EMAIL:MILLER.ANDRE AT HQ.NAVY.MIL//
 
RMKS/1.  THE COPERNICUS AWARD HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR INDIVIDUAL
CONTRIBUTIONS TO NAVAL WARFARE IN THE DISCIPLINES OF C4I,
INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND INFORMATION WARFARE.  THE AWARDS ARE
SPONSORED BY THE ARMED FORCES COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS
ASSOCIATION (AFCEA) AND THE U.S. NAVAL INSTITUTE.
 
2.  THE COMBINED EFFORTS OF THE FLEET AND THE SHORE ESTABLISHMENT
HAVE BEEN NOTABLY SUCCESSFUL IN BRINGING THE MARITIME SERVICES
SMARTLY INTO THE INFORMATION AGE.  INDIVIDUAL SAILORS AND MARINES
HAVE PLAYED CRITICAL ROLES IN ENABLING A REVOLUTION IN MILITARY AND
CIVIL AFFAIRS BASED ON COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES.
THIS REVOLUTION IS MARKED BY THE EMERGENCE OF NETWORK CENTRIC
WARFARE, WHICH IS A WARFIGHTING MODEL PROMISING INCREASED COMBAT
POWER THROUGH SPEED OF COMMAND.
 
3.  OUR ACHIEVEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE THROUGH A SET OF COMMON
PRINCIPLES AND , MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE ACTIONS AND DETERMINATION OF
INDIVIDUALS, MILITARY AND CIVILIAN, JUNIOR AND SENIOR.  THE
COPERNICUS AWARD FOR EXCEPTIONAL INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN
INFORMATION SYSTEMS HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED TO HONOR THOSE PEOPLE AND
TO RECOGNIZE THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS.
 
4.  AWARD CRITERIA AND ELIGIBILITY.  WITHIN FISCAL YEAR 2002,
NOMINEES MUST HAVE MADE A SPECIFIC DEMONSTRABLE CONTRIBUTION IN THE
DISCIPLINES OF C4I, INFORMATION SYSTEMS, OR INFORMATION WARFARE.
CONTRIBUTIONS NEED NOT BE TECHNICAL IN NATURE, BUT MAY ARISE FROM
DOCTRINAL, FINANCIAL, ORGANIZATIONAL, OR OTHER DIMENSIONS OF
INFORMATION SYSTEMS.  SENIORITY IS SPECIFICALLY NOT A CRITERION FOR
SELECTION.  THE CONTRIBUTION SHOULD DEMONSTRATE EXCEPTIONAL
INITIATIVE, LEADERSHIP AND INSIGHT WITHIN THE NOMINEE'S AREA OF
EXPERTISE.   ALL NAVY, MARINE CORPS, COAST GUARD PERSONNEL,
MILITARY AND GOVERNMENT CIVIL SERVICE PERSONNEL, ARE ELIGIBLE FOR
NOMINATION.  UP TO 25 AWARDEES WILL BE SELECTED.  EACH NOMINATING
COMMAND IS LIMITED TO SUBMITTING TWO NOMINATIONS.  NO CONTRACTOR
OR TEAM (MORE THAN ONE PERSON) NOMINATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED.
 
5.  NOMINATIONS AND PRESENTATION.  THE AWARDEES WILL BE SELECTED
THROUGH NOMINATIONS FROM NAVY, MARINE CORPS AND COAST GUARD
COMMANDS; AFLOAT AND ASHORE.
NOMINATIONS MUST BE ON LETTERHEAD WHEN SUBMITTED BY MAIL OR
FACSIMILE, OR CONTAIN THE CAVEAT 'CO SENDS' WHEN SUBMITTED BY
MESSAGE.  THE NOMINATION TEMPLATE CAN BE FOUND IN WORD FORMAT AT
HTTP: DOUBLE SLANT CNO-N6.HQ.NAVY.MIL/N62/COPERNICUSFORMAT.DOC .
NOMINATIONS ARE DUE TO CNO N61 NLT 29 NOVEMBER 2002.
UPON COMPLETION OF THE JOINT SELECTION BOARD, RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
INDIVIDUAL AWARD SELECTEES WILL BE MADE TO AFCEA/USNI.  AFCEA/USNI
WILL MAKE FINAL SELECTIONS AND ANNOUNCE AWARDEES SHORTLY THEREAFTER.
THE ANNUAL COPERNICUS AWARDS BANQUET WILL BE AT THE JANUARY 2003
AFCEA WEST CONFERENCE IN SAN DIEGO, CA.
 
6. RELEASED BY RADM T. E. ZELIBOR, USN.//
 
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