The nomination for the Mary C. Lawton Outstanding Government Service Award should be based on outstanding contributions to the development, implementation, or improvement of administrative law and regulatory practice that reflects sustained excellence in performance.

Eligibility: All government lawyers active in the fields of Administrative Law and Regulatory/Agency practice are eligible. While career officials generally will be favored, exceptional political appointees also will be considered.

Nomination submissions: All nominations must be submitted by June 16, 2006. All nominations should include the candidate's name and period of government service, the departments or agencies in which he or she has served and is currently serving, and the specific contributions of the nominee that you think warrant his or her selection.

Please submit your nomination package to Kimberly Knight; ABA Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice 740 15th Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. 20005 or fax it to 202-662-1529.

Publications worthy of the Section's Award for Scholarship should:

• Be well written, since publications that are informative and develop new ideas need not be difficult to read;
• Be tightly reasoned, with a clear analysis that does not detour from development of the main thesis of the argument;
• Be broadly applicable to at least several programs or issues;
• Provide a new and timely insight into a current issue of administrative law;
• Provide a new theoretical construct that will aid in the understanding or development of administrative law or develop a practical recommendation for solving a problem of administrative law; and
• Contain a minimum of repetition of recitation of existing work.

Please submit nominations (citation to the article is sufficient) to: Kim Knight, Section Director. All nominations must be received by May 5, 2006. Questions about the awards should be directed to the Section office at (202) 662-1528.