ICMA’s Local Government Excellence Awards Program celebrates the value of professional management and honors creative contributions to professional local government leadership. The awards highlight public awareness of the value of professional management and its impact on the quality of life in our communities.

The call for award nominations for the 2016 cycle include: 

• Professional Awards recognizing individual achievement
• Program Excellence Awards presented to local governments and their chief administrators in recognition of creative and successful programs. 

An independent Awards Evaluation Panel composed of U.S. and international ICMA members select the award recipients each year. Complete information on all awards categories, as well as the nominations process, appears on the awards page of the ICMA website.

Nominations for 2016 are being accepted through March 9. New this year: Nominations can be submitted online, with the narrative being submitted by e-mail to flittky@icma.org. Students are encouraged to nominate a professor for the Academic Award. And international members are encouraged to submit nominations.

Award recipients will be notified in June 2016, recognized during ICMA’s 102nd Annual Conference in September 2016 in Kansas City, Missouri, and featured in a fall issue of PM magazine. 

Individuals with questions can contact Felicia Littky, Awards Program coordinator at flittky@icma.org or  202-962-3656.