NOMINATION OF (Sanitized) FOR THE EXCALIBUR AWARD

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MICHAEL D.
8TH,DISTRICT, J4.1
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WASHINGTON OFFICE:
1607 LONGWOIITH HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20515
[phone]
MONTGOMERY COUNTY OFFICE:
8534 SECOND AVENUE
SECOND FLOOR
SILVER SPRING, MARYLAND 20910
[phone]
SPECIAL PHONE FOR THE
HEARING IMPAIRED
TTY-224-2793
TTY-224-3997
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Ita0bington, O.C. 20515
June 18, 1981
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EUROPE AND THE MIDDLE EAST
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC
POLICY AND TRADE
SUBCOMMITTEES:
IMMIGRATION, REFUGEES AND
INTERNATIONAL LAW
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW AND
GOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
SUBCOMMIPI : ?.. uN
JUDICIARY, MANPOWER.
The Honorable William J. Casey
Director
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C. 20505
Dear Mr. Casey:
I continue to welcome nominations from your Agency for
upcoming Congressional Excalibur Award presentations to honor
excellence in public service.
Award ceremonies are expected to take place on Capitol
Hill in September and later this year to cite outstanding
federal workers in 1981 and to recognize their special
achievements in serving their country and their fellow citizens.
Recently honored in April at the fourth presentation of
the Excalibur Award was a seven-member team of the Chicago-
based Environmental Protection Agency for environmental and
cost-savings contributions to rural lakes' projects in five
Great Lake States.
This Environmental Review Group, which sought a simpler
and cheaper solution to conserving clean water, included:
Eugene Wocjik, chief; Alfred E. Krause; Theodore L. Rockwell,
Jr.; Kathleen Schaub; Gregory A. Vanderlaan; Catherine Grissom
Garra; and Cynthia Wakat. Using innovative technology such as
laser beams, satellites, infrared lights, and ultraviolet
fluorescence, the team effort is resulting in the rebuilding
and maintenance of local, on-site sewage systems. Meanwhile,
local and federal governments are being saved some $51 million.
And taxpayers could be saved an astounding $1 billion or more,
if the same methods were used on all of the 171 rural lakes of
their region, these EPA workers estimate.
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The Honorable William J. Casey
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June 18, 1981
in my home district just outside the nation's capital and
as Chairman of the Federal Government Service Task Force, I am
well acquainted with other hard-working, dedicated and creative
individuals who are highly productive and cost-conscious.
Outstanding nominations from your Agency can help tell
their story to the American people in order to encourage
leadership, initiative, efficiency, and over-all achievement in
government service. Together, we can focus on the positive
aspects of good government in order to counter the negative
image of "bureaucracy" and to attract talented people into
meaningful public service.
I look forward to hearing from you about future Excalibur
Award candidates. Please send nominations as soon as possible
for consideration for the 1981 presentations to my new office,
401 Cannon House Office Building, Washington, D.C., 20515, Attn:
Linda Katz. A fact sheet and other information is enclosed for
your interest.
Sincerely,
MDB/lk
Enclosures
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WASHINGTON OFFICE:
1607 LONGWORTH HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20515
[phone]
SPECIAL PHONE FOR THE
HEARING IMPAIRED
rrv.225-5384
MONTGOMERY COUNTY OFFICE:
SUITE 302
11141 GEORGIA AVENUE
WHEATON. MARYLAND 20902
[phone]
a ington, ;D.C. 20515
EXCALIBUR AWARD
FACT-SHEET
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS
CHAIRMAN,
INTER-AMERICAN AFFAIRS
MEMBER, HUMAN RIGHTS AND
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
COMMITTEE ON THE DISTRICT
OF COLUMBIA
MEMBER, GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
AND METROPOLITAN AFFAIRS
CHAIRMAN.
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SERVICE
TASK FORCE
Congressman Michael D. Barnes (D-8-Md.), chairman of the congressional
task force on federal government service, initiated this award in
1979 that is unique to both the U.S. House of Representatives and
the U.S. Senate.
WHAT ARE ITS OBJECTIVES?
* To recognize and honor outstanding contributions made by federal
civilian and military personnel
* To publicize such achievements and thereby enhance public appreciation
of the merit and performance of government employees
* To help counter the negative views and erroneous criticism of
government commonly voiced today
* To encourage initiative and excellence in performance by government
employees
* To help attract talented persons to the federal service
WHAT ARE THE CRITERIA FOR THE SELECTION OF NOMINEES?
On a regular basis, candidates for the Excalibur Award will be sought
who exemplify:
* Unusual efforts or leadership in solving problems at local, national,
or international levels
* Outstanding scientific, technical, or administrative achievements
* Superior service to the public, such as the improvement of efficiency
including simplification of government regulations
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* Ability to overcome obstacles to organizational objectives, such as
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FACT SHEET
making substantial savings in expenditures
* High personal integrity and moral character and courage in dealing
with difficult or sensitive problems
* The degree of individual effort, imagination and initiative involved
in a specific achievement and the impact of the contribution on the
agency and the public
WHO IS ELIGIBLE AND HOW ARE NOMINATIONS MADE?
All federal career civilian and military employees are eligible.
Normally, each award will go to one individual, but a small team
of persons who have worked jointly on a project may also be considered.
Nominations are invited on a continuing basis from heads and other
officials of federal departments and agencies, from other organizations
and from the general public.
Nominations summarizing the individual's achievement should not exceed
one page in length. These persons should advise Rep. Michael D. Barnes,
Room 401 Cannon House Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20515
(202-225-5341) of their nominees.
WHO WILL SELECT THE AWARD RECIPIENT?
Final selections are to be made by an impartial committee, appointed by
Rep. Barnes, composed of eight distinguished citizens drawn from a wide
variety of professions and experiences. The Chairman of the Excalibur
Award Selection Committee is Mr. Harry McPherson, attorney and former
White House Counsel to President Lyndon Johnson. Other Selection Committee
members include: Hon. Joseph D. Tydings, attorney and former U.S. Senator
from Maryland; Mr. Nicholas Nolan, Secretary-Treasurer of the American
Federation of Government Employees; Dr. Estelle Ramey, professor of
Physiology and Biochemistry at Georgetown University and selected to the
President's Advisory Commission on Women; Mr. John Heller, Assistant to
the Comptroller General of the United States; Mr. Robert R. Nathan,
economic consultant; Mr. Gary Hymel, Administrative Assistant to House
Speaker Tip O'Neill; and Dr. Douglas Labier, psychoanalyst and researcher
for the Washington-based project on technology, work and character.
HOW IS THE-.-AWARD-GIVE-N?
The award will be granted periodically in the form of an honary citation.
It will be presented by Rep. Barnes at a ceremony held at the U.S. Capitol,
in the presence of other members of Congress, officials of the executive
branch, members of the Excalibur Award Selection Committee, and repre-
sentatives of the media.
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8TH DISTRICT, MARYLAND
WASHINGTON OFFICE:
1607 LONGWO! TH HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20515
[phone]
MONTGOMERY COUNTY OFFICE:
8534 SECOND AVENUE
SECOND FLOOR
SILVER SPRING, MARYLAND 20910
[phone]
SPECIAL PHONE FOR THE
HEARING IMPAIRED
TTY-224-2793
TTY-224-3997
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Ma2;bington, 3B.(C. 20515
June 18, 1981
Mr. Harry E. Fitzwater
Acting Director of Personnel
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C. 20505
SU
COMM
TTEES:
EUROPE AND THE MIDDLE EAST
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC
POLICY AND TRADE
SUBCOMMITTEES:
IMMIGRATION, REFUGEES AND
INTERNATIONAL LAW
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW AND
GOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
COMMITTEE ON THE DISTRICT
OF COLUMBIA
SUBCOMMITTEE:
JUDICIARY, MANPOWER
AND EDUCATION
I continue to welcome nominations from your Agency for
upcoming Congressional Excalibur Award presentations to honor
excellence in public service.
Award ceremonies are expected to take place on Capitol
Hill in September and later this year to cite outstanding
federal workers in 1981 and to recognize their special
achievements in serving their country and their fellow citizens.
Recently honored in April at the fourth presentation of
the Excalibur Award was a seven-member team of the Chicago-
based Environmental Protection Agency for environmental and
cost-savings contributions to rural lakes' projects in five
Great Lake States.
This Environmental Review Group, which sought a simpler
and cheaper solution to conserving clean water, included:
Eugene Wocjik, chief; Alfred E. Krause; Theodore L. Rockwell,
Jr.; Kathleen Schaub; Gregory A. Vanderlaan; Catherine Grissom
Garra; and Cynthia Wakat. Using innovative technology such as
laser beams, satellites, infrared lights, and ultraviolet
fluorescence, the team effort is resulting in the rebuilding
and maintenance of local, on-site sewage systems. Meanwhile,
local and federal governments are being saved some $51 million.
And taxpayers could be saved an astounding $1 billion or more,
if the same methods were used on all of the 171 rural lakes of
their region, these EPA workers estimate.
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WASHINGTON OFFICE:
1607 LONGWORTH HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20515
[phone]
SPECIAL PHONE FOR THE
HEARING IMPAIRED
TTY-225-5384
MONTGOMERY COUNTY OFFICE:
SUITE 302
11141 GEORGIA AVENUE
WHEATON, MARYLAND 20902
[phone]
azibinaton, O.C. 20515
EXCALIBUR AWARD
FACT SHEET
CHAIRMAN,
INTER-AMERICAN AFFAIRS
MEMBER, HUMAN RIGHTS AND
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
COMMITTEE ON THE DISTRICT
OF COLUMBIA
MEMBER. GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
AND METROPOLITAN AFFAIRS
CHAIRMAN.
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SERVICE
TASK FORCE
Congressman Michael D. Barnes (D-2-Md.), chairman of the congressional
task force on federal government service, initiated this award in
1979 that is unique to both the U.S. House of Representatives and
the U.S. Senate.
WHAT ARE ITS OBJECTIVES?
* To recognize and honor outstanding contributions made by federal
civilian and military personnel
* To publicize such achievements and thereby enhance public appreciation
of the merit and performance of government employees
* To help counter the negative views and erroneous criticism of
government commonly voiced today
* To encourage initiative and excellence in performance by government
employees
* To help attract talented persons to the federal service
WHAT ARE THE CRITERIA FOR THE SELECTION OF NOMINEES?
On a regular basis, candidates for the Excalibur Award will be sought
who exemplify:
* Unusual efforts or leadership in solving problems at local, national,
or international levels
* Outstanding scientific, technical, or administrative achievements
* Superior service to the public, such as the improvement of efficiency
including simplification of government regulations
* Ability to overcome obstacles to organizational objectives, such as
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FACT SHEET
making substantial savings in expenditures
* High personal integrity and moral character and courage in dealing
with difficult or sensitive problems
* The degree of individual effort, imagination and initiative involved
in a specific achievement and the impact of the contribution on the
agency and the public
WHO IS ELIGIBLE AND HOW ARE NOMINATIONS MADE?
All federal career civilian and military employees are eligible.
Normally, each award will go to one individual, but a small team
of persons who have worked jointly on a project may also be considered.
Nominations are invited on a continuing basis from heads and other
officials of federal departments and agencies, from other organizations
and from the general public.
Nominations summarizing the individual's achievement should not exceed
one page in length. These persons should advise Rep. Michael D. Barnes,
[Zoom 401 Cannon House Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20515
(202-225-5341) of their nominees.
WHO WILL SELECT THE AWARD RECIPIENT?
Final selections are to be made by an impartial committee, appointed by
Rep. Barnes, composed of eight distinguished citizens drawn from a wide
variety of professions and experiences. The Chairman of the Excalibur
Award Selection Committee is Mr. Harry McPherson, attorney and former
White House Counsel to President Lyndon Johnson. Other Selection Committee
members include: Hon. Joseph D. Tydings, attorney and former U.S. Senator
from Maryland; Mr. Nicholas Nolan, Secretary-Treasurer of the American
Federation of Government Employees; Dr. Estelle Ramey, professor of
Physiology and Biochemistry at Georgetown University and selected to the
President's Advisory Commission on Women; Mr. John Heller, Assistant to
the Comptroller General of the United States; Mr. Robert R. Nathan,
economic consultant; Mr. Gary Hymel, Administrative Assistant to House
Speaker Tip O'Neill; and Dr. Douglas Labier, psychoanalyst and researcher
for the Washington-based project on technology, work and character.
HOW IS THE AWARD GIVEN?
The award will be granted periodically in the form of an honary citation.
it will be presented by Rep. Barnes at a ceremony held at the U.S. Capitol,
in the presence of other members of Congress, officials of the executive
branch, members of the Excalibur Award Selection Committee, and repre-
sentatives of the media.
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Expert Receives
standing .
This awar'1
Rep. Michael D. Barnes'
E tca f ur war
A noncommissioned offi-
cer in the United States Air
Force, who has led rescue
missions credited with sav-
ing 26 lives in the harsh Alas-
kan terrain, has received
ally leading mountain rescue
teams, often through the
worst of winter weather to
search for, rescue, and
cover stranded per
Besides r
person''
instrumen-
ist prevention by
many survival and
num-
erous state, government and
civic groups.
story was Lorri
National Capital
First'Excalibur'
Won by Engineer
I~ASHINGTON STAR ceremony, a
Huntsville, Ala., engineer who in-
vented an energy-saving device for
electric motors yesterday received the
first "Excaltbur Award" for federal em-
ployees.
Frank J. Nola, an engineer with the
National Aeronauticsand Space Admin-
istration, received the award in the
House Speaker's chambers for produc-
ing an inexpensive device that can cut
power consumption by 30 to 60 percent
on such items as refrigerators, wash-
ers, fans and electric typewriters.
Scientists estimate that a 4 percent
average reduction of power used by
electric motors could save the United
States up to 250,000 barrels of oil a day.
Rep. Michael D. Barnes, D-Md., ap-
pointed a committee that selected Nola
from 120 nominees. Barnes has set up
the monthly awards, he said, to recog-
nize the contributions of federal work-
ers who are too often maligned.
According to the legend, Excalibur
was King Arthur's sword.
November 30, 1979
January 14, 1980
Air Force SMSgt. Udo C.]. Fischer receives Excalibur Award from Rep.
Michael D. Barnes (D-MD), as House Speaker Thomas P. (Tip) O'Neil
Ir. (D-MA) looks on.
Electric Motor Device Wins Recognition
For NASA Electronics Engineer
Cedar RapEds/Tuesday, July 1, 1980
High award to C.R. woman
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The Excalibur Award for excellence in
the public service was presented to Air
Force Senior Master Sergeant Udo C.J.
Fischer at the U.S. Capitol March 24.
House Speaker Tip O'Neill joined Con-
gressman Michael D. Barnes at the award
ceremony, which was followed by a lunch-
eon sponsored by ASPA's National Cap-
ital Area Chapter.
Initiated last year by Barnes, the award
is given in an effort to recognize some of
the most outstanding achievements made
by federal career civil and military em-
ployees, and to increase public understand-
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arctic survival training program, which
trains all Air Force personnel and their
families entering Alaska through Elemen-
dorf Base. He has trained and led moun-
tain rescue teams, often through the worst
of winter weather to search for, rescue, and
recover stranded, injured pert
In the civilian community
team leader and chairman
Rescue Group, a volunteer
cue operation. Risking his lit
sonally led mountain rescue teams
many
auded
As a professional administrator, Fischer
views sees the award as recognition of not
only his achievements but those of the en-
tire mountain rescue team, he said at the
ceremony. He said he hoped that the award
would help create more public support for
Pc
rescue group.
s life-saving service to the
ivilians, O'Neill char-
"public servant of valor,
:emplary service."
Barnes staff and the committee reviewed
15n nominations for this award- The first
~ last
m~ ~n~ ~ra~onvice
ter survival methods to groups
Al-
:a, including the National Transporta-
n and Safety Board
I Game, Civil
to troopers, bush
ups.
The Exrallbar Award for excellence I. the public service is presented to Udo C.J. Fischer. Par-
tklpatlag In the March 24 award presentation ceremony are (left to right) Bradley IL Pattenon, Mrs.
Fischer, Fischer, and Congressman Michael Barnes. See story page 3. -
oy uaarauc aavppc
Gazette news intern
A Cedar Rapids woman is the re-
cipient of a national award for excel- r 0,
lence in government service.
VA-uard
Carrot Roy, 4711 Woodvtew Drive e
NE, was presented the "Excalibur a eat t~
Award" Friday by House Speaker
WASHINGTON DC
Tip O'Neill at a ceremony in Wa0~ O
ington, D.C. In attendance '.,-
eral members of Cone Qi
ans Administer t4O~... The
award v' ny Rep. Mi- 0
rh d~- .ii-Md). 19$
Pii Ssocial worker a' - e~bet
.,,pital, Iowa City, was SeP~" for
her work with persons wt..n chronic
kidney ailments. She was chosen
from several hundred nominees from
all branches of the federal govern-
ment, including the armed services.
"I was really excited and
thrilled about the award. But really,
the award is for the importance of
the quality of life," Roy said in a tel-
ephone interview Monday.
Quality of life is a phrase that
means a lot to Roy. In her 10 years at
Veterans Hospital, she helped estab-
lish several programs designed to
improve the quality of life for pa-
tients suffering from chronic kidney
disorders.
One such program allows persons
undergoing dialysis treatments to
travel. Roy said she arranges dialysis
treatments in hospitals nationwide
for persons who wish to vacation or
visit relatives. Previously, no such
service was available.
THE W FtI1t TON POST
Friday, !\ mwm har ::e. h,, 9
Feder1IeDiary
By Mike Causey
cw?
Government Gond Guys: Pep. Mi-
chael Barnes (D-Md.) yesterday hand-
ed out the first "Excalibur Award"
to an outstanding civil servant. This
one went to Frank J. Nola of the
Space Agency who invented an
energy-saving device that should cut
oil consumption. The Montgomery
County Democrat hopes the annual
award will grow in importance and
prestige, and that he is around to
give them out each year.
that attaches to electric motors used for
home appliances and in industry to cut
FEDERAL TIMES JULY 21, 1980 -Staff Photo by Kate Patterson
CARROL ROY of Iowa City, Iowa, is clearly delighted to receive the "Excalibur Award" from Rep.
Michael D. Barnes, D-Md., at a recent Capitol Hill ceremony. The award honors Roy's achievements as
a Veterans Administration social worker. She establishes model programs designed to enhance the
quality of life of people with chronic kidney ailments. Looking on is House Speaker Thomas P. "Tip"
O'Neill.
News/The Daily Iowan Tuesday, July 1, .80- rw3City, Iowa
VA Hospital employee receives award
Through an .ues Monitoru.,, Project,
the chapter is identifying and publicizing
positive efforts by public servants, Patter-
son said. "Too often bureaucrats are given
a law and have to define it ... then the
courts and Congress get mad at the defin-
ition," Patterson said. These adminis-
trators are left in the middle because the
laws are written in such general terms and
then left to be interpreted.
Barnes said, "It is my experience that the
vast majority of government workers are times
dedicated public servants who make tre
Apri 15, Ivau fate ~I
NASA
NASA engineer Frank Nola tinkers with a revolutionary gadget he invented to reduce
power consumption of electrical motors used in home and industry. Both NASA and a
Maryland U.S. representative have given Nola awards for his work.
A device that is expected to cut electrical
power consumption by 30 percent to 60
percent for typewriters, washers, re-
frigerators, and other appliances has won
for its inventor a new congressional award
for outstanding government achievement.
Frank Nola, an engineer at the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration's
Marshall Space Flight Center in
Huntsville, Ala., was singled out for the
first Excalibur Award for his work in pro-
ducing a simple and inexpensive device
that can save energy and money for its
industrial, commercial, and home users.
Rep. Michael Barnes iD-Md.) presented
the award.
It is estimated that a four percent aver-
age cut in power used by electric motors
could save the U.S. to 250,000 barrels of oil
daily or $1 billion each year.
Barnes is giving the award to federal,
civilian, and military workers who work
diligently at solving the nation's problems,
mindful of the need for cost-effectiveness in
public programs.
"It is my experience," Barnes says, "that
the vast majority of government workers
are dedicated public servants who make
tremendous contributions to our nation, to
science, technology, and the quality of
life"
Nearly 40 firms are licensed to manufac-
ture the power factor controller developed
by Nola, a 49-year-old electrical engineer
who has worked at the Huntsville facility
for 17 years. He specializes in electronic
controls for spacecraft guidance and
stabilization systems.
Nola also has won a NASA award for
the invention, which was listed as one of
the "100 most significant new technical
products marketed in 1978" in the Sept. 20,
1979, issue of Industrial and Development
Magazine. He also was honored at Chi-
cago's Museum of Science and industry.
Excalibur Award selection committee
members included a former White House
counsel to President Lyndon Johnson, a
former U.S. senator, a union official, a
Georgetown University professor, an aide
to House Speaker Rep. Thomas P. "Tip"
O'Neill, and others.
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EXCALIBUR AWARD
FOCUSES ON
EXCELLENCE
IN GOVERNMENT
Rep. Barnes hopes that this fast-time Congressional
award will draw attention to the significant accomp-
lishments of federal civilian and military workers, will
counter the negative image of the government
bureaucracy, and will attract talented people into
meaningful public service.
An independent selection committee of eight leaders
(in science, education, technology, law, business,
Because he believes that scant attention is paid to
the good in government and to the many imaginative,
industrious, innovative men and women in the federal
work force, a U.S. Congressman has initiated a special
award to emphasize excellence in public service.
Rep. Michael D. Barnes (Md.) presented his first
Excalibur Award six months ago to a NASA aerospace
engineer for inventing a simple device, called a "power
factor controller," that cur
factory and can conceival
THE SENTINEL MONTGOMERY COUNTY Thursday, April 30, 1981
dollars and billions of gal Wins Excalibur award
Then last M
h i
U
arc
n a
, House Speaker Tip O'Nei
Udo Discher was cited fe
Alaska's icy terrain and f
military personnel and th
Future award ceremon.
periodically through 191
EPA saves town $53 million
with Bethesda firm's help
nations - among some 200 entries - include an
EPA consultant who detected harmful asbestos in city
schools, a VA physician who developed new spinal
surgery techniques that permit wome paralyzed persons
to walk again, an agricultural engineer who pioneered
a grain-testing method that omits pollution, the discoverer
of Pluto's only known moon, the Wichita Falls (Tex.)
weather office that forewarned thousands of persons of
an impending killer tornado and saved their lives,
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he adds.
For more information on the Excalibur Award, in-
cluding how to submit nominations, write to
Rep. Barnes, 1607 Longworth Building, Washington,
D.C. 20515, or contact your agency's personnel/
incentive awards officer.
WASHING JN (UP!)-A .even-member
team of Chicago-based U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency specialists won an award
honoring excellence in federal government
service, Rep. Michael D. Barnes (D-Md.) an-
nounced Friday.
Barnes, who heads a congressional task
force on federal government service, said that
during ceremonies in Washington next week,
the team will be cited for its "innovative
approaches used to develop sewage-treatment
facilities."
THE EPA TEAM members are Gregory
Vanderlaan, Elmhurst; Catherine Garra, Evan-
ston; Cynthia Wakat, Chicago; Theodore
Rockwell Jr., LaGrange; Kathleen Schaub,
Baltimore; Alfred Krause, Lake In the Hills,
Ill., and Gene Wojcik, Harvey.
Barnes said their work "could save taxpay-
ers billions of dollars and provide greater
Roy gets 1980 congressional award
By JOHANNA N. BEERS
Press -cieizea Reporter
The 1980 Excalibur Award, a con-
gressional award for outstanding
government employees, has been
presented to Carrel Roy, social work-
er at the Veterans Administration
Hospital in Iowa City.
Rep. Michael Barnes, D-Md., pre
sented the award at a banquet honor-
ing Roy Friday in Washington, D.C.
Among distinguished guests in atten-
dance were Speaker of the House
Thomas O'Neill; Iowa Senators John
Culver and Roger Jepsen; Iowa Rep-
resentatives Jim Leach and Tom
Tauke, and representatives of the VA
Central Office.
Roy, an 11-year employee of the VA
here, received the award for her in-
novative work with patients suffering
from kidney disease with the goal of
helping them attain a normal, prod-
uctive life.
Working with the VA and Kidney
Foundation of Iowa, Roy was instru-
mental in developing vacations for
kidney patients requiring dialysis.
She established and coordinated a
comprehensive "dialysis on vaca-
tion" program for patients who re-
quire dialysis while away from
home.
Arrangements are made for dialy-
sis treatment in other medical cen-
ters. After treatment the patients can
continue on their vacation. The pa-
perwork is done at the Iowa City VA
Hospital to save the patient from that
tame consuming process.
Two years ago, after exhaustive
planning and preparation, Roy ini-
tiated a two-and-one-half day "mini-
vacation" for dialysis patients who
would not be able to travel Indepen-
dently because of medical problems.
This has become an annual event.
The mini-vacation allows patients
a change of atmosphere and allows
them to enjoy entertainment and
good food. Minneapolis, Wisconsin
Dells, Des Moines and Lake Okoboji
have been sites of the first three
mini-vacations.
This year patients (and spouses)
enjoyed Adventureland's rides,
shows and shops one day, and a re-
CARROLROY
laxing cruise on the waters of Lake
Okoboji the following day. Costs of
the excursions are primarily under-
written by private donations. From
the inception of the program. Roy
has coordinated all details cluding
donation of time by VA m , d staff,
transportation, preparation of spe-
cial meals and arrangement of dis-
count accommodations for the
group.
"No other hospital in the country
has the mini-vacation," notes Roy.
"We've found the experience to be
invaluable in boosting morale in the
patients and staff and enhancing the
rapport between them." The dialysis
staff is involved with the activities
just as the patients are.
Another project with which Roy
has been involved is the Patient-Visi-
tor Program, a workshop for commu-
nication between dialysis patients
and prospective dialysis patients. It
is designed as a "bridge" attempting
to orient kidney patients to continue
living a productive life.
"The opportunity to associate with
successful patients involvr -cosy
munity activities helps easy e fee.
tag of uncertainty for a new dialysis
patient and his family," Roy ex-
plains.
Roy has had three articles and two
,.Jeklets published on the subject of
ley dialysis, those affected and
?uw to cope. She has been active in
the Kidney Foundation of Iowa, serv-
ing on its board of directors, as chair-
man of its patient services commit-
tee, and as a me---- -' *5 a'n,rnd,._
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES, April 11, 1981
Engineer Receives'Excalibur Award'
The first "Excajibur-Aword" for outstanding achievement has
been presented to Frank 1. Nola, center, a National Aeronautics
and Space Administration engineer, by Rep. Michael D. Barnes, D-
Md. Nola, of the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, Hunts-
ville, Ala., invented an energy-saving device for electric motors.
The device, patented by NASA, can reduce power consumption by
up to 60 percent for typewriters, washers, refrigerators, fans, and
industrial sewing machines. Applauding is Rep. Ronnie G. Flioppo,
D-Ala.
tion's Speakers'
Her experti
have been recd(
preservation of water quality, wildlife and
other natural areas in rural regions nation-
wide."
Barnes said the team, working at seven
rural lakes in the Great lakes region, was
able to match the area's water and environ-
mental needs by using Inexpensive on-site
wastewater treatment methods instead of the
conventional and more expensive centralized
sewer-system Installations.
"IT IS ESTIMATED that these Improve-
ments will cost $27.5 million rather than the
Initial proposal for sewers and plants for
$78.5 million," Barnes said.
"At a time when we are faced with severe
reductions in the federal workforce and deep
cuts in federal spending, it Is important to
note the expertise of government workers
who can assist us in finding ways to reduce
public spending."
bring Excalibur Award
By C. Fraser Smith sure that the alternatives of repairing ex-
Washington Bureau of The Sun isting systems and using water conserv a?
Washington yesterday to g;t something But gradually, the phenomenal cost
called the Excalibur Award from Repre- aavmga as well as the sensitivity to pre-
sentative Michael D. Barnes (D, Md., 8th). ser'?' the delicate ecosystems, began to
Excalibur, as students of Arthurian win public acceptance," he said.
legend such as Ms. Schaub will know, is Part of the momentum for the con-
the name of a sword drawn miraculously struction project was supplied by consul-
from a stone by the future Kitrg Arthur of tarts working with the local people, Ms.
the Round Table. Schaub said, At first they were unwilling
Mr. Barnes apparently chose this name to accept the contrary findings of the EPA
for his award to federal employees be- consultants, a firm called WAPORA, Inc.,
cause extracting praise and recognition ?'? " montgomery courny.
for a federal employee-a bureaucrat-is
comparable to the aforementioned feat.
It is also suggested that the award
seeks to recognize the efforts of those who
labor in the federal service to do the pub-
lic's business with heroic or, at least.
above-average efficiency and skill. In this
way, Mr. Barnes hopes to recognize the
work of all government employees.
Ms. Schaub, a Baltimore resident who
is a teaching assistant and Ph.D. candi-
date in the University of Maryland's De-
partment of Geography, said she Is
pleased by both of these definitions.
With a team of former colleagues at
the Environmental Protection Agency of-
flees in Chicago, she helped to find a way
to satisfy requirements of the 1977 Clean
Water Act-without great expenditures of
public funds.
What the team did with the help of a
consultant, was prove that septic tanks
and filtering fields could assure clean
water in Steuben lakes in northwestern
Michigan. It had been brought originally
that the project would east $78.5 million.
But with the team's "on-site manage-
ment" proposal, the cost of protecting the
lakes was reduced to $27.5 million. A
planned, costly sewer system was found to
be unnecessary-resulting in a savings of
$51 million.
Together, the EPA teckniciana and
WAPORA demonstrated that the lakes
were being polluted, not by septic tanks,
but by a tertiary sewage-treatment plant.
a packaging plant and by otter non-point
sources of pollution.
The public reaction at first was "not
too good," Ms. Schaub says. With this in
mind, she presented the EPA's views at
community meetings and public hearings.
'The one thing about this work is that
you are heavily involved with the public
she said. "if we had not been strong people
and if we had not known how the people
there felt, the outcome might have been
different "
That local authorities and local con-
sulting engineers had reached invalid con-
clusions, she said, is no reflection on the
quality of their work. They did not have
adequate tools for making their study, she
said.
"We managed a breakthrough," she
said-and for that she and her colleagues
received the Excalibur Award.
Though a spokesman for Mr. Barnes
suggested that public employees work un-
der a "black cloud"-and are used as
scapegoats by campaigning politicians-
Ms. Scbaub said it has not been a problem
for her.
"Public employees are above politics,"
Moreover, according to Ms. Schaub and she said. "I wanted to accept the award on
Mr. Barnes, the approach can be used in behalf of myself and others who are not
lake country throughout the United States, receiving it but who truly believe that
including Maryland Savings could easily they are not only civil but servants of the
run to billions of dollars, they said. Atnericar, , ubiie '
Ms. Schaub says the process involved di. Barnes said in a statement that
more than the idea. It required careful ed- about 175,000 federal empicyecs made
ucation of the area residents and, to some formal suggestia u last year for improv-
extent, forcef al nifEr;aia Ire the eerformance of federal aensrjes..
Iowa City VA officials expressing
pride in the honor accorded Roy are
Michael P. Derby, acting director of
the local hospital, and Dr. Donald L.
Custis, chief medical director.
Says Derby, "Carrol's selection
lye of the
outstanding
career civil
nge those in
for excel-
EMPHASIS
Ray,
sory l
Disea Wednesday, July 2, 1980-Iowa City Press-Citizen-1A
The Excalibur Award is issued to
outstanding civilian, military and
federal government employees, with
competition on a national basis. Cri-
teria for the selection of recipients
include improvement and efficient
service to the public and personal
integrity. The award also recognizes
"initiative and imagination in over-
coming unusual obstacles in achiev-
ng major organizational goals."
A story aboat Roy and the local
project which appeared in the Press-
Citizen last year was included in the
material submitted to support Roy's
nomination for the award.
Custis terms the award to be "both
an honor for the VA health care sys-
tern and a reflection of the dedication
and innovation in its ranks."
Roy and her husband, Rondy, live
in Cedar Rapids and have two chil-
dren. The family has assisted in the
mini-vacations by checking out the
routes and facilities in advance.
Roy's sister, Karen Riley of Cedar
Rapids, has been a participant in the
mini-vacations.
Rondy and Karen accompanied -.
Roy to Washington last week, as did ? - "''
her mother, Evelyn Riley of Elma. Rep.esatttive Michael D. Barnes (D, Md, 811) presents 11s "Eacailber Award"
for oatstaaibg service by gevesameat employees to Kathleea Sebaab of Baftiasese
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