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• Best of Show
• Distinguished Technical Communication
• Excellence
• Merit
• Achievement
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 and Excellence awards go on to the International Online Communication Competition (IOCC). Winners of the IOCC are presented at the Annual Conference in May. There were no International Competition awards given to our Online Communication entries this year.
| Entry title | Contributors | Company |
|---|---|---|
| Best of Show | ||
| Fingerprint Compare | Bea Burdick, David Kindle, Jill Neugent | Litton/PRC Inc. |
| Distinguished Technical Communication | ||
| No awards | ||
| Excellence | ||
| Emergency Programs Manual | John L. Patterson, Dawn A. Wade, Daniel Louie | USDA, APHIS, PPQ |
| Fingerprint Compare | Bea Burdick, David Kindle, Jill Neugent | Litton/PRC Inc. |
| PEAC Online Library | Bradford R. Connatser, Nanette Troutt | PEAC |
| Merit | ||
| Association for Women in Communications, DC Chapter Web Site | Cynthia A. Lockley, Anne Marie DiNardo | Association for Women in Communications |
| PS2000 Online Help | Robert Wolfe, Joan Birnbaum | The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. |
| StorHouse Performance Monitor Help | Jack White | FileTek, Inc. |
| Achievement | ||
| Digital Notary Client User Guide | Laura J. Mulcahy | InterCon Systems |
| HotDate 2000/WARP Demo | Doreen A. Mannion, Peter Kashatus | Softworks |
| InstaBuy Agile Wallet Merchant Guide | Alison Smith, Kirstin Mercer | CyberCash, Inc. |
| XaCCT Help | Lina Scorza | XaCCT Technologies |
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