MARINE CORPS NOMINATION AND SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2020 (CY20) INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY (IC) NATIONAL COUNTERINTELLIGENCE (CI) AND SECURITY PROFESSIONAL AWARDS
Date Signed: 1/17/2020 | MARADMINS Number: 025/20
MARADMINS : 025/20

R 161845Z JAN 20
MARADMIN 025/20
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC I//
SUBJ/MARINE CORPS NOMINATION AND SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2020 (CY20) INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY (IC) NATIONAL COUNTERINTELLIGENCE (CI) AND SECURITY PROFESSIONAL AWARDS//
POC/A.S. GIBBONS/CIV/CI PROGRAM MANAGER/CIH/CMC WASHINGTON DC I/TEL: 703-692-9605/EMAIL: ALLISON.GIBBONS(AT)USMC.MIL//
SECONDARY POC/N. RIVERA/GYSGT/CIH/CMC WASHINGTON DC I/TEL: 703-693-7144/NICHOLAS.RIVERA@USMC.MIL//
REF/A/MSGID: 2020 CALL FOR NOMINATION FOR IC NATIONAL CI AND SECURITY PROFESSIONAL AWARDS//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  This MARADMIN solicits Marine Corps nominations and outlines submission requirements for the CY20 IC National CI and Security Professional Awards.  These awards are sponsored by the National CI and Security Center (NCSC).
2.  Criteria.  These awards are for those individuals or teams throughout the IC who, through exceptional accomplishments or service, enhance the standing and stature of professions, functions, and disciplines that support CI and security missions.  Nominations for all categories will be assessed according to the below criteria.
2.a.  Innovation, Creativity, and Originality.  The nominee applied new or improved ways/solutions to resolve or provide new insights into critical issues; made novel organizational improvements; designed and implemented new or cutting-edge programs or processes; or instituted activities or processes that promoted positive change.
2.b.  Integration and Information Sharing.  The nominee shared knowledge or information to achieve results that would not have otherwise been realized; built, leveraged, or led effective networks and alliances with key peers and stakeholders across the IC, in other government or private sector organizations, or professional/technical disciplines to achieve significant joint/multi-agency mission outcomes; or integrated joint/multi-agency activities effectively exercising collaborative plans that realize mutual IC, joint, or multi-organizational goals.
2.c.  Impact.  The nominee achieved remarkable outcomes that support organizational goals and objectives; maximized available or strategically used limited resources to realize organizational goals and objectives; or achieved outcomes and results that are superior in quality, quantity, and/or impact to what would ordinarily be expected.
3.  Awards Categories.  Point of contact listed in para 8 of this message can provide additional information.
3.a.  CI Operations.
3.b.  CI Investigations.
3.c.  CI Collection.
3.d.  CI Analysis.
3.e.  Countering Technical and Cyber Threats.
3.f.  Education/Training.
3.g.  Insider Threat Detection.
3.h.  Personnel Security.
3.i.  Physical and Technical Security.
3.j.  Information Security.
3.k.  Industrial Security.
3.l.  Supply Chain Protection.
4.  Nomination and Submission Process. Each command may submit one nomination per individual and team for each award category.  For the purposes of this message, a command is defined as any element commanded by an O-6 or above.  Submit awards directly to Headquarters Marine Corps (HQMC), Deputy Commandant, Information, Intelligence Division (point of contact listed in para 8 of this message) with, at a minimum, an O-6 endorsement.
4.a.  All templates for nominations will be stored on the Counterintelligence and Human Intelligence Community of Practice SharePoint on SIPRNet at:  https:(SLASH)(SLASH)intelshare.intelink.sgov.gov/sites/hqmcintel/cop/cih.  Templates may also be requested from the point of contact identified in para 8 of this message.
4.b.  The deadline for nominations is 24 January 2020.  Late submissions will not be accepted.
5.  Nomination Checklist.
5.a.  Complete Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) form 655-06.
5.b.  Annotate names of nominees in protected status on the form for individuals and on the team list for team members, as appropriate.
5.c.  Classify the nomination package correctly and appropriately portion mark the content.
5.d.  Provide an unclassified draft citation of 50 words or less.
5.e.  Ensure the nomination is submitted to the HQMC Director of Intelligence.
5.f.  Prepare a Microsoft Word version of your nomination for submission.
5.g.  Ensure all contractors are serving under a contract that is NOT a DoD Contract.
5.h.  If submitting multiple nominations, limit to one individual and one team nomination per category per command.
5.i.  A completed nomination package includes: nomination form 655-06, nomination write-up (Microsoft Word version and PDF version), and team list.
6.  Selection and Presentation Process.
6.a.  The IC National CI and Security Professional Awards Program Review Board will make their selections by the end of April 2020.
6.b.  Winners Announcement Memo signed by Director, NCSC and winners will be notified by HQMC Intelligence Department during May 2020.
6.c.  Awards ceremony is June 2020.
7.  Description of Awards.
7.a.  All winners will receive a lapel pin.
7.b.  Individual winners will receive an award certificate, a citation, and a medallion.  NCSC will not replace broken, stolen, or lost medallions.
7.c.  Winning teams will receive an award certificate, a citation, a medallion for the command who submitted the nomination, and an award token for each team member.
7.d.  Honorable Mentions will be selected if the IC National CI and Security Professional Awards Review Board chooses Honorable Mentions for recognition.  The Honorable Mentions will be recognized in an attachment via the Director, NCSC’s formal notification memorandum announcing the 2020 awards winners.
8.  POC for Award Submissions.
8.a.  Mrs. Allison Gibbons, HQMC, Intelligence Department (Code: CIH) at Allison.Gibbons@usmc.mil (unclassified submissions) or Allison.Gibbons@usmc.smil.mil (classified submissions).
8.b.  Gunnery Sergeant Nicholas C. Rivera, HQMC, Intelligence Division (Code: CIH) at nicholas.rivera@usmc.mil (unclassified submissions) or nicholas.rivera@usmc.smil.mil (classified submissions).
9.  Release authorized by Ms. J. D. Cole, Senior Advisor for Analysis to the Director of Intelligence, U.S. Marine Corps.//