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National Director's Awards

What is an "IHS Director's Award"

Dr. Yvette Roubideaux, Director The Director, Indian Health Service (IHS), recognizes individuals or groups of employees whose special efforts and contributions, beyond regular duty requirements, have resulted in significant benefits to IHS programs, priorities, or customers and fulfillment of the IHS mission.

Examples of such efforts/contributions include exceptional initiative or leadership in carrying out activities to improve IHS program operations to benefit the IHS environment; unusual competence, compassion, or heroism; outstanding contribution to a special committee or task force dealing with IHS-wide policies, procedures, or operations; outstanding efforts in applying technical or clerical support skills to accomplish the IHS mission; skill and leadership in administration, knowledge or skill building, knowledge dissemination, or technology transfer; and notable competence and resourcefulness in improving the knowledge building or knowledge application capacity of IHS.

2011 Criteria & Nomination Forms