William J. Harris Equal Opportunity Award 2018
NOMINATION FORM
Description:
The William J. Harris Award honors a State or partnership involving a State for an innovative workforce related program, project, or initiative which results in significant contributions towards the achievement of equal opportunity and nondiscrimination.
Criteria:
- Innovative Program Design: clearly defining ways to include individuals in protected groups; monitoring techniques to ensure equality within programs; and achieving successful outcomes for protected groups;
- Broad Scope and High Impact of the program on internal and external customers, as well as on local, regional, statewide, or national stakeholders, exhibiting best practices that can be replicated; and
- EO Strategies that advance Continuous Improvement (Enhancement) and show documented steps in planning, execution, review and evaluation process/methods.
Eligible Nominees:
The State or a partnership or initiative involving the State must be named as the nominee of the award. The award may recognize specific individuals or agencies within the nomination, such as, but not limited to: the governor, elected official, state administrator, state equal opportunity officer or director, state staff member(s), business owner or representative, workforce partner, or advocacy group.
Nomination Requirements:
- Must be submitted by 5 pm EDT, January 25th, 2019;
- provide a completed Award electronic nomination form;
- contain the answer to the questions listed on the nomination form within the prescribed word limit;
- include a statement of approval from the agency administrator; and,
- be the single nomination for that state in this category.
