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Seventeen CPM projects and project teams were presented with the coveted Askew Award during the Annual AACPM Award Banquet held in Madison, Wisconsin.
Each jurisdiction’s CPM program is eligible to select one individual or one team, (depending upon the required project structure of that CPM program) to receive this award.

The Askew Award, named after George C. Askew of Georgia—the first CPM graduate of the certified public manager program, recognizes the CPM project that best utilized management practices exemplifying the philosophy of the American Academy of Certified Public Managers® in the completion of an exceptional curriculum project from all of the submissions during the annual period.

The 2007 Askew Award recipients include:

ARKANSAS
Recipient: Mike Bates
Project Title: Increase Efficient Use of Air Division Administrative Support Staff

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Recipients: Brady Birdsong, Larry Carr, Keith Fletcher, Gena Johnson, Natalie Mayers, Sharon Phillips, Nicholette Smith-Bligen, Tanya Washington
Project Title: Mentoring Youth in Transition (MYnT) Project

FLORIDA
Recipients: Teresa Touchton, Chandra Greiner, Matthew Phillips, Matthew Nabicht, Mike Nabicht, Steve Nowak
Project Title: Social Change — How Public Manager Must Adapt To The Challenges of the 21st Century

IDAHO
Recipient: Pamela Rausch
Project Title: ONES (On-line Nonmonetary Entry System)

IOWA
Recipients: Daryl Frey, Steven Harvey, Jennifer Nelson, Mary Van Horn, Ellen Walkowiak, Roxanne Wolken
Project Title: Today’s Interns — Tomorrow’s Leaders

KANSAS
Recipient: Jeffery D. Scott
Project Title: Kansas Professional Licenses Tax Discovery Matching Project

KENTUCKY
Recipient: Laura Lynne Best
Project Title: Structured Behavioral Interviewing for Network Technician II

MISSISSIPPI
Recipient: Louis “Skip” King
Project Title: Recruitment and Retention Program for Right of Way Agents

NEW HAMPSHIRE
Recipients: Ed Wojnilowicz, Marty Boldin
Project Title: DRIVE PROJECT (Delinquency Prevention & Restorative Justice through Involvement with Volunteerism and Environmental Maintenance)

NEW JERSEY
Recipient: Victor Niedbalski
Project Title: Rewarding Performance and Promoting Retention.

NORTH CAROLINA
Recipient: Robert A. Vause
Project Title: Review of Current NCDOT Road Addition Procedures

OHIO
Recipient: Sheila Shafer, M.A., L.S.W.
Project Title: Hiring and Retention at Athens County Children Services

OKLAHOMA
Recipient: Valerie Marr
Project Title: Emergency Response Plan for the Sheltered in Population of Oklahoma County

SOUTH CAROLINA
Recipient: Herbert J. Cooper
Project Title: Improving The Process of Asphalt Roadway Inspection

TEXAS
Recipient: Arturo Díaz, Jr
Project Title: The Integration of the Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD’s) into the HIV/AIDS Programs Offered by the City of Laredo, Texas Health Department

UTAH
Recipients: Sherie Brinkerhoff, Miguel Gonzalez, Valorie Pacheco, Blake Robertson, Elaine Strong, Brad Tibbitts
Project Title: State Mail Improvement

WISCONSIN
Recipient: Tammy L. Olsen
Project Title: Commissioning Program for DSF