Administration Division's Elizabeth Lawson, was presented an "Exceptional Service Award" by the Department of Energy for her participation as an examiner in the Department's Quality Award program.

Lawson served on a team responsible for the examination of the Quality Award applications. The team conducted site visits and provided feed back reports to DOE, contractors, and labs in respect to the evaluation of the organizations. Lawson presented the analysis of the Quality Award results to the DOE Leadership Group.

Lawson also received a certificate of appreciation from Secretary of Energy Hazel O'Leary on November 21, 1996 at a meeting of the DOE Leadership Group in Washington, D.C. Lawson was recognized for her assistance and expertise on the DOE Quality Council with not only the Quality Awards Program, but also with performance measures and the Department Critical Successes.