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• Best of Show
• Distinguished Technical Communication
• Excellence
• Merit
Congratulations to all the winners in the STC Online Communication, Technical Art, and Technical Publications Washington, DC Chapter competitions!
The competition rules and judging criteria are described on the Competitions page.
Winners of the Distinguished Technical Communication Awards go on to the International Online Communication Competition (IOCC). Winners of the IOCC are presented at the STC Annual Conference in May.
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marks the winning entries in the International Competition. One International Competition award was given to our Online Communication entries this year.
| Entry title | Contributors | Company |
|---|---|---|
| Best of Show | ||
NIH Clinical Center Website Redesign: Homepage and Top-Tier Pages
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Diane Needham, Sue Teigen, and Richard Barnes | Office of Communications, Clinical Center, NIH |
| Distinguished Technical Communication | ||
| Vision Services Online Help | Molly Golubcow and Marcus Jessup | Kaiser Permanente |
NIH Clinical Center Website Redesign: Homepage and Top-Tier Pages
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Diane Needham, Sue Teigen, and Richard Barnes | Office of Communications, Clinical Center, NIH |
| SIMATIC HMI Selection Tool | Claudia Schoelling and Toni Bischoff | Siemens AG, A&D AS SM ID |
| Excellence | ||
| Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2004-05 Edition Online | Office of Occupational Statistics and Employment Projections and Office of Publications and Special Studies | Bureau of Labor Statistics |
| Customized Templates CD-ROM | Candee Wilson and Dianne Snyder | EEI Communications |
| "Delivering the American Dream" Web-Based Training | Martha Taylor | Fannie Mae |
| ECOFAST System information with engineering software for decentralized ECOFAST ES composer | Maik Buettner and Karl-Heinz Heymer | Siemens AG, A&D CD MM3 |
| Recovering Hope-Mothers Speak Out About Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Video | Center for Substance Abuse Prevention | Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration |
| Merit | ||
| Reporting Essentials Online | Randall Hechinger | MicroStrategy, Inc. |
| Affinity® Global Registration Help | Karen Hatzenbuhler, QuadraMed Documentation Group | QuadraMed Corporation |
| SIMATIC Portal | Manfred Mueller | Siemens AG, A&D AS SM ID |
| Totally Integrated Automation Newsletter | Bernhard Wöll and Annette Horneber | Siemens AG, A&D AS SM ID |
| SIRIUS START - decentralized solutions | Maik Buettner and Karl-Heinz Heymer | Siemens AG, A&D CD MM3 |
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