2006: United Nations Public Service Award
The United Nations Public Service Award is the most prestigious international recognition of excellence in public service.
It rewards the creative achievements and contributions of public service institutions that lead to a more effective and responsive public administration in countries worldwide. Through an annual competition, the UN Public Service Awards promotes the role, professionalism and visibility of public service.
In 2006, the United Nation’s recognized the ground breaking work of the Business Entry Point (www.business.gov.au) with the 2006 United Nations Public Service Award in the category “Application of information and communication technology (ICT) in government: e-government.”
I led the innovative Business Entry Point team securing Federal Budget funding during the the previous five years, including salvaging it after the first year by architecting a network digital services platform strategy.