Vice President Gore's Hammer Award provides recognition to teams of
federal employees and their partners whose work resulted in a government
that works better and costs less.

• What is a Hammer Award?
• Hammer Award Criteria
• Nomination Instructions and Form
• Successes of the Hammer Award Program
• Hammer Award Winners Database
• Announcements
  • 7/24/00: September 30 Is Deadline for Hammer Award Nominations
  • 2/17/00: IOWAccess Teams Win Hammer Award
  • 4/30/99: Hammer Award Highlights for March - April 1999
  • 4/20/99: USIA-Chaired Interagency Working Earns Vice President Gore's Hammer Award
  • 2/17/99: Hammer Awards Highlights
  • 12/18/98: Award Winning Pollution Prevention Van Hits the Road
  • 12/7/98: Warner Robins Team Wins Hammer Award for Streamlining Sole Source Acquisitions
  • Planning Guide for Hammer Award Outreach to Local Media
• Electronic Clippings
  • 4/12/99: GovExec Gore Honors International Exchange Efforts
• Links to Agency Hammer Award Pages
  • Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA
  • Justice
• News Releases
  • 10/18/00: "All-Hands Award" Ceremony Is a Yard Triple Header for Coast Guard
  • 8/31/00: Students.gov Wins Hammer Award
  • 6/22/00: VA Team Gets Hammer Award for Innovative Medication System
  • 5/18/00: The National Institutes of Health Earns the Hammer Award With Innovations in Business-to-Business E-commerce
  • 3/15/00: Two U.S. Office of Personnel Management Reinvention Efforts Win Hammer Awards
  • 2/8/00: Postal Service Receives Hammer Award for Diversity
  • 5/27/99: Rio Grande Valley One Stop Capital Shop Receives Vice President's Hammer Award
  • 4/13/99: GSA/USWEST Partnership Gets Hammer Award for Blue Pages Project
  • 2/6/99: Government on Display Expo Team Gets Hammer Award at Mall of America
  • 11/18/98: State Department Issues A New, More-Secure U.S. Passport Featuring Digitized Imaging
  • 11/16/98 Federal Job Safety Commission Gets Hammer Award for Simplifying Employers' "Day in Court"
  • 11/02/98: Defense Logistics Agency Garners Five Hammer Awards
  • 05/06/98: OSHA and Joint Commission to Receive Vice President's Hammer Award for Promoting Health Care Workers' Safety
  • 04/16/98: Integrated Taxonomic Information System Partnership to Get Hammer Award
  • 12/17/97: Vice President Presents 1000th Hammer Award
  • 04/25/97: Staff, Visitors, and Friends of the National Archives and Records Administration in Pittsfield, MA Receive Vice President Gore's Hammer Award
  • 03/13/97: Peace Corps Receives Hammer Award for Using Web Site to Recruit Volunteers
  • 01/28/97: U.S. Customs Recognized With Two Hammer Awards
  • 12/18/96: Ameritech Honored for Its Partnership Role in Improving Governmental Listings in the New Indianapolis Phone Directories
  • 12/11/96: Federal Housing Administration Teams Win Hammer Awards
  • 12/06/96: Five Philadelphia Federal Teams Honored by Vice President Gore
  • 10/21/96: VA and Social Security Administration Create New On-line Link to Streamline Claims Processing
  • 09/23/96: Defense Commissary Agency to Receive Two Hammer Awards
• Speeches
  • 1/11/01: NPR Director Morley Winograd's Remarks at Hammer Award Ceremony and Alumni Event
  • 6/26/00: Mapping the Way to the 21st Century: Remarks at Hammer Award Ceremony by NPR Deputy Director Pamela Johnson
  • 3/27/00: NPR Director Morely Winograd Presents Hammer Award to USDA Team
  • 7/16/99: Reaching for the Stars, remarks by NPR Director Morley Winograd at Hammer Award Ceremony for NASA/Air Force Team
  • 12/7/98: Remarks by Bob Stone at Hammer Ceremony for the Defense Working Capital Fund Team
  • 11/30/98: Sliding Doors: Remarks by John Kamensky Defense Logistics Agency Hammer Award Ceremony
  • 11/27/98: Remarks by Pat Wood at Hammer Award Ceremony for Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission Team
  • 11/13/98: The Power of Partnership--Remarks by Bob Stone at OSHA Hammer Award Ceremony
  • 03/06/98: Remarks by Bob Stone at Hammer Award Ceremony at EPA New England Center for Industry and Environmental Technology (CEIT)
  • 01/23/98: Remarks by Morley Winograd at Launching of US State & Local Gateway
  • 12/17/97: Remarks by Vice President Gore and Others at Presentation of 1000th Hammer Award
  • 06/02/97: Remarks by NPR Director Bob Stone at the Dried Fruit Association (DFA) and Hammer Award Ceremony
  • 05/14/97: NPR Director Bob Stone Presents Hammer Award to Census Team
  • 02/05/97: Remarks by Bob Stone at Hammer Award Ceremony for Small Business Aministration Regulatory Reform Team
  • 10/28/96: Remarks by Bob Stone at Hammer Award Ceremony for FDA and Merck
  • 11/15/96: Bob Stone Presents Hammer Award to Coronado Military Rideshare Program