Superior Accomplishment Awardees honored

--DAS Office of Employee Services, May 2005

Congratulations to the following employees who received DAS/OIT Superior Accomplishment Awards at a ceremony held May 25:

• Anni Efthimiou, Administrative Support Division, Office of Finance
• Scott Neff, OIT Service Delivery Division, Print Services
• Team from the OIT Service Delivery Division -- Denise Freshly, Larry Hellmer, Craig Smith, Brenda Verblaauw and Patrick Whyte.

The Superior Accomplishment Award program is the agency's employee recognition program. After being nominated by co-workers, managers, employees or customers, awardees are chosen by a committee for their outstanding work, quality service, enthusiasm, dedication and teamwork. They received a certificate for a day off with pay, a framed certificate signed by Governor Bob Taft and their director as well as a Successories desk plaque.

The awardees were recognized during the ceremony by Scott Johnson, DAS director; Walter Callahan, deputy state chief information officer; Peter Coccia, administrator of the DAS Office of Finance; and Nikki Guilford, DAS assistant director.

The Web-based nomination form for the Superior Accomplishment Award program can be accessed directly at http://apps.intranet.das.ohio.gov/Superior or by clicking the link on the Office of Employee Services home page, http://das.ohio.gov/asd/Emppage.htm.