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Memorandum Number: No. 018-MJanuary 26, 1996
MEMORANDUM FOR CORRESPONDENTSThe Defense Mapping Agency will be presented the Hammer award by the National Performance Review for its reinventing government efforts that have established significant new standards for the agency. Established by Vice President Gore, the Hammer Award recognizes efforts to reinvent government. NPR Director Bob Stone will present the award at 2 p.m., Jan. 29, in DMA's production center, 4600 Sangamore Rd., Bethesda, Md. The DMA director, Maj. Gen. Philip W. Nuber, USAF, established a nine-member Reinvention Task Force team in September 1994, following the agency's selection as a reinvention laboratory. With more than 7,400 employees, DMA became the largest DoD reinvention lab. General Nuber accepted the task force's report in Feb. 1995 and implemented its concepts on July 10, 1995. DMA reinvented its operations to respond more quickly to its customers' needs. DMA reorganized around its core production processes, reducing its headquarters staff by almost 50 percent. It also reduced the layers of management between the worker and the customer from eleven to three. The employees in the eight eliminated steps have since been reinvested into the agency's production or customer support areas. DMA has established support teams to work closely with the customer to identify requirements and produce the necessary products. Task force members included DMA employees A. Clay Ancell, M. Z. Labovitz, Roberta E. Lenczowski, Air Force Col. J. B. McNichols, Jr., W. Douglas Smith, Nancy L. Spruill, Karen T. Thomas and Curtis B. Ward. They were assisted by contract facilitator and team member Dan Hayward. DMA employees Pat Commons, Steve Earle, Mary Hobson and Joyce Mussey will also receive special recognition for their support. Headquartered in Merrifield, Va., the Defense Mapping Agency was created in 1972 to consolidate all military mapping activities. Its mostly civilian workforce is concentrated at production sites in Washington and St. Louis. DMA continues to reengineer its core production processes while preparing to join other activities that will comprise the National Imagery and Mapping Agency. Media interested in attending the Jan. 29 ceremony should contact Kathleen Neary at the DMA Command Information Office, 703-275-8409.
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