The Procurement Roundtable is again sponsoring the Elmer Staats award for outstanding contracting officer performance.  After a long, distinguished career in federal budget and acquisition management, Staats was the first Chairman of the Procurement Round Table and a founding member of the National Academy of Public Administration.  This award has a long history of recognizing innovation and excellence in acquisition.  It even comes with a $5,000 prize.  Nominations must come from senior federal acquisition officials, but if you know of a CO that is worthy of positive recognition, why not work with your customer agency to ensure they get the praise they deserve?  See the details on the award and how an agency can nominate a CO here