The Commerce Department's 66th annual Gold and Silver Honor Awards ceremony

The Economics and Statistics Administration (ESA), in conjunction with the National Endowment for the Arts, for creating the first set of measures of the impact of arts and culture on the U.S. Economy. more info | view original

The International Trade Administration (ITA), for executing a highly successful White House and government-wide event to promote new job-creating business investment into the United States. more info | view original

The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) for aiding the Nobel-Peace Prize-winning Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and the U.N. Joint Mission in Syria to verify the destruction of some of Syria’s most difficult to destroy chemicals. more info | view original

The Office of the General Counsel (OGC) for playing a key role in creating a “single window” form for businesses to provide all federal data necessary for importing or exporting cargo. more info | view original

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for developing a new technology that improves weather and warning services for severe events like tornadoes, flash floods, and winter weather. more info | view original

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) for developing extremely timely new federal transition plans for repurposing 40MHZ of spectrum for innovative wireless broadband services. more info | view original

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) for developing new analytical tools – including estimating the monetary impact of fraud, waste and abuse, to strengthen audits and investigations. more info | view original

The Economic Development Administration (EDA) for directing the first-ever multi-agency competitive initiative of its kind to help accelerate the resurgence of manufacturing and good-paying manufacturing jobs in the U.S. more info | view original

The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST), for cutting research time for forensic DNA typing from about 8 hours to 90 minutes – a process that has been commercially adopted by manufacturers and widely used in mass disasters, military operations, and criminal investigations. more info | view original