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DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY AGILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY AWARDS

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SUBJ/DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY AGILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY AWARDS//

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REF A IS SECNAVINST 5305.6 DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY INNOVATION INCENTIVES 
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POC/NAVALX/ASN RDA/-/TEL: 703-692-8106/EMAIL: AGILITY@NAVY.MIL//

RMKS/1.  Per reference (a), this ALNAV message announces updates to the 
Department of the Navy (DON) Agility and Accountability Awards Program (A3P), 
which consists of continuous impact-based awards and annual awards.

2.  Across the DON, talented Sailors, Marines, and civilians are held 
accountable to our customers to continually deliver mission outcomes.  Every 
day, our workforce develops superb solutions to a range of complex problems 
encountered while reforming our business operations to create agility in our 
globally deployed forces.  The A3P identifies and acknowledges these 
pioneering Naval leaders, units, and activities in order to inspire the 
problem solvers of the future.

3.  The A3P recognizes top DON individuals or teams who demonstrate 
dedication and leadership in increasing agility and accountability within the 
DON.  Nominations will be accepted from initiatives conducted within the 
previous 12 months, as defined by the following categories.  Nominations may 
be submitted anytime throughout the year and will be adjudicated throughout 
the year on a continuous basis.
    a.	Agile Acquisition:  Recognizes those who have accelerated
development, adoption and/or delivery of a capability more rapidly than 
normally achieved through traditional acquisition processes.
    b.  Agile Technology:  Highlights achievements in the development, 
adoption, and/or delivery of new or improved hardware, software, or tool(s) 
that improved the effectiveness or overall mission readiness of the 
organization (Including, but not limited to:  Autonomy, Cybersecurity, 
Electronic Warfare, Directed Energy, Artificial Intelligence, Hypersonics).
    c.  Agile Policy Reform:  Recognizes contributions that eliminated, 
waived, modified, or replaced unnecessary barriers to significantly improve 
organizational performance, efficiency, or cost savings (including, but not 
limited to:  streamlining, developing, or canceling policy or outdated 
guidance).
    d.  Data-Driven Agility:  Recognizes achievements in the capture, 
management, analysis, and use of data to significantly improve organizational 
performance, operational readiness, or decision making.
    e.  Agile Warfighting:  Identifies and/or implements innovative 
approaches to solving warfighting applications.  Emphasis should be placed on 
how the new approaches are being used to improve performance, support 
decision-making, provide meaningful insight to existing processes, or change 
how the DON is conducting business.
    f.  Agile Leadership:  Highlights Naval leaders who inspire innovation 
within their organization and who directly support the pioneering work of 
others.  This can be done by creating an environment that fosters original 
thinking, removes unnecessary barriers, empowers others, embraces 
accountability and appropriate risk, and demonstrates a commitment to 
innovation.
    g.  Agile Authorship:  Distinguishes written achievements by DON Service 
Members or civilians, published in a publication or an academic thesis/ 
dissertation. Nominations should include top-authored works focused on agile, 
accountable, and innovative concepts with an emphasis on their integration 
into the DON. A copy of the composed product must be submitted with the 
nomination as writing and analytical quality will be considered.
    h.  Agile Learning Through Failure: Recognizes that those who attempt 
something spectacular do not always succeed. However, the lessons learned 
from these experiences can be leveraged during future iterations.

4.  In addition to the A3P continuous impact awards, the A3P will also 
annually recognize top DON individuals from the previous fiscal year.  The 
annual awards will be selected among the previous year's impact awards, 
through a board of the Under Secretary of the Navy and Assistant Secretaries 
of the Navy (or their designated representatives).  Winners will be announced 
in Second Quarter of the following fiscal year.

5.  Additionally, A3P winners in all categories will automatically be 
forwarded for consideration for the Office of Management and Budget Sponsored 
Gears of Government Awards Program.  The DON will have the opportunity to 
select the most deserving eight individuals or Team representatives (four 
Navy and four Marine Corps) for this award, which recognizes the 
contributions of the Federal workforce in support of the President's 
Management Agenda in the areas of mission, service, and stewardship.  All 
eight will be recognized by the Secretary of the Navy, with one Navy and one 
Marine Corps winner selected for recognition by the Secretary of Defense
(SECDEF) along with similar award winners from the rest of Department of 
Defense (DoD).  All DoD SECDEF winners will then go on to compete against 
similar winners from other Federal Agencies at the National level for 
potential selection for recognition in a White House Ceremony.

6.  All DON Commands and Organizations shall nominate exceptionally worthy 
initiatives.  Individuals should submit nominations through their 
organization's awards coordinators.  If the organization awards coordinator 
is unavailable, individuals are encouraged to submit their nominations 
directly.

7.  The DON Office of the Chief Management Officer (OCMO) is the responsible 
organization for the A3P program.  The Assistant Secretary of the Navy 
(Research, Development and Acquisition) will support OCMO in the 
administration of the A3P.  Further guidance will be provided in separate 
correspondence and through the Agility and Accountability Awards webpage. The 
Agility and Accountability Awards webpage is located at:
https://www.secnav.navy.mil/agility/Pages/awards.aspx

8.  Released by the Honorable Thomas B. Modly, Acting Secretary of the 
Navy.//

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