The Board of Regents and the New York State Archives have selected the New York State Consumer Protection Board to receive the 2008 Annual Archives Award for Excellence in State Agency Records Management.
The award will be presented to Mindy Bockstein, Executive Director; Lisa Harris, Executive Deputy Director and Chief Information Officer; and Laura Greco, Deputy General Counsel at a luncheon ceremony at the State Education Building in Albany on October 20, 2008.
The award recognizes the Consumer Protection Board for dedicating considerable resources to ensure that its records are being properly managed and disposed. It recognizes the Board’s efforts to develop or update records schedules for all offices and for making records management a priority from the highest levels of the agency.
Previous recipients of this annual award include the New York State Department of Health (2000), New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (2001), New York State Office of the Attorney General (2002), Binghamton University (2003), New York State Insurance Department (2004), New York State Department of Civil Service (2005), New York State Emergency Management Office (2006), and the New York State Thruway Authority and Canal Corporation (2007).
The annual Archives Awards program recognizes outstanding efforts in archives and records management work in New York State by a broad range of individuals and organizations. A complete list of this year’s award recipients follows:
Excellence in Research Using the Holdings of the State Archives
Dr. Michael R. Fein, Johnson & Wales University
Program Excellence in a Historical Records Repository
Essex County Historical Society/Adirondack History Center Museum, Elizabethtown, New York
William H. Kelly Award for Excellence in Local Government Archival Program Development
Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation
Cheryl Steinbach Award for Excellence in Local Government Records Management
Ulster County
Excellence in State Agency Records Management
New York State Consumer Protection Board
Excellence in the Educational Use of Local Government Records by a Local Government
Jamestown City School District
Bruce W. Dearstyne Award for Excellence in the Educational Use of Local Government Records
Rick Walters, Jeff Kresge, Grace Johnson, Jamestown City School District
Laura and Robert Chodos Award for Excellence in Student Research Using Historical Records, Grades 4-5
Walden Elementary History Club, Walden Elementary School, Valley Central School District
Nancy Phelps, Educator
Laura and Robert Chodos Award for Excellence in Student Research Using Historical Records, Grades 6-8
Students from Persell Middle School, Jamestown City School District
Jeff Kresge and Grace Johnson, Educators
Laura and Robert Chodos Award for Excellence in Student Research Using Historical Records, Grades 9-12
Alexandra Rheinhardt, Cooperstown Central High School, Cooperstown Central School District
Glen Noto, Educator