NJDARM: PARIS Awards for Excellence 2008

On September 29, 2009 Secretary of State Nina Mitchell Wells presented the 2009 Public Archives and Records Infrastructure Support (PARIS) Grants Program Awards for Excellence to nine New Jersey local governments for a variety of outstanding records management projects.

The ceremony recognized counties and municipalities who did exceptional work in building and improving the infrastructure of their local government archives and records management functions during the program’s third year, 2007-2008.

For a full description of the nominees and the award winning projects please see the
PARIS Annual Report and Awards Program [PDF, 1.01 mb]

Awards went to the following New Jersey local governments in nine separate categories:

I.	Shared Services - awarded to Somerset County
II.	Public Online Records Access - awarded to Monmouth County
III.	Records Management Website - awarded to Salem County
IV.	Historical Records Focus – County - awarded to Bergen County
V.	Historical Records Focus – Municipal - awarded to City of Trenton
VI.	Disaster Preparedness, Prevention & Recovery - awarded to Hunterdon County
VII.	Enterprise-wide Imaging Systems – County - awarded to Hunterdon County
VIII.	Enterprise-wide Imaging System – Municipal - awarded to Cherry Hill Township
IX.	Special Award: Artemis - awarded to Monmouth, Salem, and Warren Counties

Awards
(Click on images below for enlarged view)

Keynote Address
Doug Robinson, Executive Director
National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO)

DARM Director Karl Neiderer gives welcoming
remarks and introduces the Keynote Speaker.

Keynote Speaker Doug Robinson.

Category I: Shared Services
Somerset County

(l-r) Secretary Wells, Apama Virmani, Allen Kurdyla, Steven Cozza, and Doug Robinson.

Category II: Public Online Records Access
Monmouth County

Monmouth County Freeholder Robert Clifton accepts the Category II award.

Category III: Records Management Website
Salem County

(l-r) Secretary Wells, Curt Harker, Ellie Kidd, and Doug Robinson.

Category IV: Historical Records Focus – County
Bergen County

(l-r) Secretary Wells, Tony Markowsky, Deborah Frank, and Doug Robinson.

Category V: Historical Records Focus – Municipal
City of Trenton

(l-r) Secretary Wells, Shirley Lopreato, Juanita Joyner and Doug Robinson.

Category VI: Disaster Preparedness, Prevention & Recovery
Hunterdon County

(l-r) Secretary Wells, Ronald Sworen, Bob Thurgarland, J. Matthew Holt and Doug Robinson.

Category VII: Enterprise-wide Imaging System – County
Sussex County

(l-r) Secretary Wells, John Eskilson, David Kunz, Dan Freed, and Doug Robinson.

Category VIII: Enterprise-wide Imaging System – Municipal
Cherry Hill Township

Ari Messinger, Cherry Hill PARIS Grants Project Manager, accepts the Category VIII award.

Category IX: Special Award for Artemis Participants
Monmouth County, Salem County, and Warren County

(l-r) Gregory Putnam, Matthew Clark, Robert Clifton, Ellie Kidd,
Secretary Wells, Barry Smith, Doug Robinson, and Curt Harker

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