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Hello, everyone. Dennis Andrucyk
Goddard Center Director.
It is my pleasure to welcome all of you to the
2019 Robert H. Goddard Honor Awards Ceremony.
One of the great honors
that I enjoy as Center Director
is the opportunity to recognize the
exceptional people and teams that
contribute to our mission of exploration.
You might have heard about my 3 priorities
for the center, it’s about the people
is one of those priorities.
Because without our people, meeting our
commitments and focusing on the future
just isn’t possible.
Without you, success is not achievable.
So here we are
and this ceremony allows us to recognize
those who have gone above and beyond
in helping us achieve our mission
on behalf of NASA and our great nation.
This year our ceremony
will look a little different due to
COVID-19 we aren’t able to be on center
to cheer on our
peers as they accept their awards.
Nevertheless, that doesn’t stop
us from agknowolgin
us from acknowledging the
achievements of our colleagues.
Today, we will recognize 142 individuals
and 54 teams,
all of whom are deserving
of a Robert H. Goddard Honor Award.
Every individual
and every team being recognized today
shares something in common:
an extraordinary commitment to excellence
and doing the very best job they can.
Often under very trying
circumstances. This has
been evident in several recent accomplishments,
even amid the pandemic.
We’ve made incredibly progress
in testing for the James Webb Space Telescope.
The Hubble Space Telescope
and its team celebrated 30 years
of providing remarkable science.
The world celebrated
50 years of Earth Day.
and throughout it all,
Goddard’s Earth science missions have elevated
the world’s knowledge about our home planet.
We had several recent launches,
, including those of Solar Orbiter
and resupply missions to the
International Space Station from Wallops.
The OSIRIS-REx Touch-and-Go
sample collection was a resounding success.
On the Greenbelt campus,
we opened Building 37,
also known as the Instrument Development Facility.
And let’s not forgot
those who work behind the scenes
to keep Goddard running and make
these successes possible.
And a special thank you to the mission-essential
and mission-critical personnel
who have continued to come on Center during the pandemic
to ensure Goddard can continue
fulfilling NASA’s mission.
NASA continues to do
amazing things that astound people from around
the world. You are the reason
we are successful.
You enable the Center to accomplish incredible things.
You represent an outstanding
team of women and men
who bear truth to the phrase:
I’m from the government and I’m here to help.
Often that last line is meant
as a joke… but not today.
Today it means that our government workforce
along with our very talented contractors
are making government service
something to be very, very proud of.
So on behalf of NASA
and Goddard leadership,
thank you for all that you do.
Now, let us begin the celebration
of our 2019 Robert H. Goddard Honor Award recipients!
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The New Opportunities Captured Award.
This award goes to teams that
are vital to the health of Goddard.
It is the new business opportunities
captured for our workforce through competitive
proposals and other quest from NASA
headquarters, whether infrastructure
funding or science proposals,
these teams work to bring new business
to the center.
This year we will recognize 4 teams.
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The Mission and Enabling Support Award.
This award is for individuals
and teams involved with mission
and enabling support that have
demonstrated excellence for the center’s mission.
This year we will recognize
5 teams and 6 individuals.
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Science Awards. These teams and
individuals have demonstrated excellence
in enabling the nation’s scientific
discovery by sharing the center’s
unique capabilities, providing
customer leadership or by
engaging in activities that demonstrate
Goddard’s unique roll as a federal
laboratory. This year we
have 8 team awards and 19 individuals
awards.
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The Engineering Award. These teams and individuals
demonstrated excellence in enabling
the nation’s technology
by sharing the unique capabilities,
providing customer centered leadership,
or through significant technological
breakthroughs.
This year we have 15 teams and
24 individuals accepting this award.
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The Technician Award. These teams
and individuals have made significant
contributions in enabling the engineering
and technology activities
that result in significant breakthroughs.
This year we have 2 teams and
4 individuals accepting this award.
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The Professional Administrative Award.
This award is given
to those who have demonstrated excellence in
analysts, creativity, and
expert application of a theoretical or
regulatory body of information
in a administrative, business, or
human capital field.
This year we have 4 teams
and 14 individuals receiving this award.
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The Secretarial and Clerical Award. These
individuals provide exceptional support of their
organization warranting special recognition.
We will be honoring 7 individuals
for this years award.
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The Mentoring Award. This award is giving to those
who demonstrated excellence in mentoring
through active and effective coaching
which contributed to the personal and
professional development of one or more
Goddard employees. This year
we have 6 individuals receiving
this award.
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The Diversity & Inclusion and Equal
Employment Opportunity Award.
This category recognizes outstanding
contributions the inclusion
and utilization of the center's
workforce to better achieve
the center’s mission or goals.
We have 1 team award
and 3 individual awards.
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The Outreach Award.
This award recognizes exceptional contributions
for providing innovative products,
science, tech, and services
to the public,
who are potential beneficiaries
of the expansion of knowledge
resulting from our mission.
This year we’ll be honoring 5 teams
and 7 individuals.
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The Customer Service Award.
This award recognizes individuals or teams
who promote or provide sustained
superior services to internal
and external customers.
The accomplishment is of an extraordinary level
and the contributions were significant
to the achievement of our mission.
This year we have
5 teams and 11 individuals
receiving this award.
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The Safety Award. This award recognizes
individuals and teams who’s actions
protected employees from injury or
life threatening situations or
who’s actions preserved a life.
This year we have 1 team award.
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The Leadership Award.
This award recognizes individuals
in all career fields who’s vision
and initiative, motivate others
to create a new and powerful organizational
future consistent with
organizational goals,
strategies and values.
This year we have 23 individuals
who have won this award.
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The Supervision Award. This award is given
to individuals who, while providing
day to day direction, demonstrate
through their management behavior, style
and approach exceptional levels of
achievement that created positive
and productive work environment for their employees.
This year we will recognize
6 individuals.
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The Robert H. Goddard Award of Merit.
This award recognizes individuals
in all career fields who’s careers and
accomplishments demonstrate the highest
qualities of achievement and professionalism
in the employees chosen field.
This year we will recognize
6 individuals.
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Again, I want to congratulate
all of you on your awards,
and thank you for your hard work,
your sacrifices, dedication
and the lasting contributions you
are making to our nation.
Thank you to all the families, friends
and loved ones who are with us
every step of the way.
You’re make sacrifices too.
So, I’d like to offer my appreciation to you too
for sharing your loved ones as we all,
collectively, reach for the stars.
And I’d like to offer a final thank you
to the Senior Level Review Team,
consisting of Goddard leaders and employees
who spent countless hours
reviewing hundreds of nominations
as a result of our grassroots-level process.
Thank you.