Call For Nominations: The 21st Annual Motorola Solutions Foundation Excellence In Public Service Award

Call For Nominations: The 21st Annual Motorola Solutions Foundation Excellence
                           In Public Service Award

PR Newswire

CHICAGO, Aug. 15, 2012

CHICAGO, Aug. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Motorola Solutions
Foundation and the Civic Federation are pleased to announce a call for
nominations for the 21st Annual Motorola Solutions Foundation Excellence in
Public Service Award.

The Excellence in Public Service Award recognizes a non-elected government
employee in Illinois who has made an extraordinary impact on the quality of
government services in state and local governments. The award seeks to honor
individuals who show dedication to a vision of quality management, leadership
and innovation that leads to lasting achievements and more effective
government.

Individuals eligible for nomination are non-elected state or local government
officials, including department heads and chiefs of staff. Nominees must be
currently serving in a non-elected position in state or local government.

Past honorees include the Former City of Chicago First Lady Margaret C. Daley,
Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Trustee Jim Reilly, United States
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and past Chicago Transit Authority
President Ron Huberman. Other notable recipients include past Chicago Public
Schools CEO Paul Vallas and Illinois Auditor General William Holland.

To nominate a candidate, email the nominee's name, title, government and email
address, along with a few sentences describing the nominee's achievements, to
outstandingpublicservant@civicfed.org. Nominations can also be sent via U.S.
Mail to:

Attention: Outstanding Public Servant
The Civic Federation
177 N. State Street, Suite 400
Chicago, IL 60601

If requested, nominations can be confidential. The deadline for nominations is
September 7, 2012, and the awards breakfast will take place later this year.

For more information, please visit www.civicfed.org/events.

The Motorola Solutions Foundation is the charitable and philanthropic arm of
Motorola Solutions. With employees located around the globe, Motorola
Solutions seeks to benefit the communities where it operates. The company
achieves this by making strategic grants, forging strong community
partnerships and fostering innovation. The Motorola Solutions Foundation
focuses its funding on public safety, disaster relief, employee programs and
education, especially science, technology, engineering and math programming.
For more information on Motorola Solutions Corporate and Foundation giving,
visit www.motorolasolutions.com/giving.

The Civic Federation is an independent, non-partisan government research
organization that promotes efficient delivery of public services and
sustainable tax policies in the Chicago region and State of Illinois.  For
more information, please visit the Federation's website at www.civicfed.org.

SOURCE The Civic Federation

Website: http://www.civicfed.org
Contact: Linda Schulte, +1-312-201-9042