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SUBJ/FISCAL YEAR 2018 COPERNICUS AWARD NOMINATION//

POC/GOEHRING/CIV/AFCEA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION/-/TEL: (703)631-6147
/EMAIL:  agoehring@afcea.org


RMKS/1.  The Copernicus Award was established to recognize individual 
contributions to naval warfare in Command, Control, Communications, 
Computers, and Intelligence (C4I), Information Systems, Cyber Operations, and 
Information Warfare.  The award is sponsored by the Armed Forces 
Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA) and the United States 
Naval Institute (USNI).


2.  Award criteria and eligibility.  Fiscal year 2018 nominees must have made 
a specific, demonstrable contribution to the advancement of C4I, Information 
Systems, or Cyber Operations.  Contributions can be technical in nature, but 
may also originate from doctrinal, financial, organizational, or other 
dimensions of information systems.  The contribution should involve 
exceptional initiative, leadership, and insight within the nominees area of 
expertise.  All U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Coast Guard, and Civil 
Service personnel are eligible for nomination.  Up to 22 awardees will be 
selected.  Each nominating command is limited to two nominees.
No contractor or team (more than one person) nominations will be accepted.
Nominations must be unclassified.


3.  Nominations and presentation.  The awardees will be selected from 
nominations received from U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, and U.S.
Coast Guard (including Joint/North Atlantic Treaty Organization) commands, 
afloat and ashore.  Nominations must not contain any personal identifiable 
information, be on letterhead and submitted by email in PDF format.  
Nominations for Commanding Officers or Officers in Charge must be signed by 
their Immediate Superior in Command.  Flag endorsements and letters of 
recommendation are neither required nor desired.  The nomination template and 
additional nomination package information, as well as the most up-to -date 
point of contact information can be found at 
https://www.milsuite.mil/book/docs/DOC-489512, and award information can be 
found at http://www.afcea.org/site/awards/copernicus.  Nominations need to be 
submitted no later than 2 November 2018 to edfoundation@afcea.org.
Late nominations will not be considered.


4.  AFCEA and USNI will make the final selections and the Deputy Chief of 
Naval Operations for Information Warfare will announce the awardees via 
NAVADMIN.  The annual Copernicus Awards ceremony will be held 13-15 February 
2019 at the AFCEA/USNI West 2019 conference in San Diego, CA at the San Diego 
Convention Center.  If awardees are unable to attend Western Conference and 
Exposition 2019, the awards will be presented 14-16 May 2019 at the AFCEA 
Defensive Cyber Operations Symposium in Baltimore, MD at the Baltimore 
Convention Center.


5.  Released by VADM Matthew J. Kohler, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for 
Information Warfare, OPNAV N2N6.//


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