John J. Dinnien Medal For Achievement and Service

Adjutant General’s Corps Civilian of the Year

HISTORY: The “John J. Dinnien Award for Excellence in Military Personnel Management” was created to recognize the contributions of Army civilians in military personnel management. The award is named in honor of Mr. John J. Dinnien, who epitomized the best qualities of a professional human resource manager, and always placed service to the soldier above all else.

PURPOSE: The purpose of this award is to give special recognition to a civilian in military personnel management for contributions of outstanding significance to the Army and service to soldiers during the previous calendar year.

PERSONS ELIGIBLE: Eligible personnel include: civilian employees (GS or NF) working for the Department of the Army in the field of military personnel management and who are members of the Adjutant General’s Corps Regimental Association.

CRITERIA: Completion of a task or assignment which has significantly contributed to the execution of the Army’s mission, while honoring all traditional American military values, placing special emphasis on: loyalty, duty, respect, selfless service, honor, integrity, and personal courage. The following evaluation criteria should be used in selecting MACOM nominees.

Personnel assigned duties of major significance to the military personnel mission, which were accomplished in such a way as to have been clearly exceptional.
Personnel who developed or improved military personnel methods and procedures, or were responsible for exceptional achievements that caused significant savings or advanced the military personnel mission and personnel readiness.
Personnel who provided outstanding examples for major military personnel programs in terms of highly successful mission accomplishment.
Personnel who demonstrated a record of achievement and inspired others to improve quantity and quality of their work.
Personnel who had an established pattern of excellence, as recognized by previous accomplishments (i.e., Commander’s Award for Civilian Service, Multiple Exceptional Performance Appraisals, etc.)

COST: To be borne by the AG Corps Regimental Association.

RECOMMENDING PROCEDURES:Major Commands will submit nominations on the one person selected from their organization to HQ, HRC, ATTN: EPC-S. Submission date will be determined by the President, Adjutant General’s Corps Regimental Association.

APPROVAL PROCESS: A screening board will be established by the Functional Chief Representative (FCR) to review the award nominations and recommend to the Functional Chief (FC) the top three nominees to receive the award. Board members must be familiar with the criteria for the award and the biography of Mr. Dinnien. The board will consist of five voting and two nonvoting members. The composition of the board will be a mix of HRC and MACOM representatives, as follows:

FCR – President (nonvoting).
The senior GS-205-15 (voting).
Three civilians (GS-13 to GS-15) (voting).
Two military (SGM or LTC/COL) (voting).
CP50 Program Manager (nonvoting recorder).

The screening board will forward the top three recommendations to the Adjutant General’s Corps Regimental Association. The Adjutant General’s Corps Regimental Association will vote and select the recipient and provide the program manager with the name of the recipient.

ANNOUNCEMENT OF AWARDS: The winner will be announced during the Adjutant General’s Corps National Ball at Fort Jackson. All costs will be borne by the nominating activity (Chapter or Installation). Winner will receive the Dinnien Medal and a certificate presented by the President, Adjutant General’s Corps Regimental Association. Winner’s name will be added to the plaque hanging at HR Command. Award recipients will be published in “1775″.

RECORDING OF AWARDS: All awards will be recorded by entering the recipient’s name, rank and unit in a database maintained by the Awards Custodian. This database will be reviewed as part of the approval process.

REVOCATION OF AWARDS: In the unlikely event that information becomes known that a fraudulent award has been made, or dishonorable conduct is substantiated, the Awards Board can revoke this award, annotate the database, and notify the individual of the action.

EFFECTIVE DATE: 10 October 2007