LETTER RICK EKSTROM FROM (SANITIZED)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP89G00643R001000040029-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 16, 2011
• Sequence Number: 29
• Publication Date: November 6, 1987
• Content Type: LETTER

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6 November 1987
Yr. Rick Ekstrom
Presidential Design Awards Program
National Endowment for the Arts
555 13th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20406
Dear Mr. Ekstrom:
The Central Intelligence Agency fully supports excellence in design
quality and is pleased to participate in Round Two of the Presidential Design
Awards Program.
As noted in our recent telephone conversation, I, in my position as
Chief of the Awards Branch for our Agency, will be liaison to the Program and meeting
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October 16, 1987
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES
Excellence in design is integral to the Federal Government's
responsible stewardship of public resources. Good design
unites art with purpose. It is part of our taking pride in
America. It should not be viewed as a luxury added on at
extra cost but as a process for increasing the efficiency and
quality of our lives. Our ability to compete effectively in
international markets depends largely on an often overlooked,
but integral element -- design quality.
It was for these reasons that I established in 1983 a
Presidential Design Awards Program to recognize successful
achievement in federal design and inspire standards of
excellence throughout the government. This initiative was
designed to build on the achievements of the Federal Design
Improvement Project of the National Endowment for the Arts.
The awards, which I conferred on Federal agencies in January
1985, generated national attention to the best of our Federal
efforts.
Therefore, I am pleased to announce Round Two of the
Presidential Design Awards. It is my hope that the Awards
competition and public recognition of our federal "best" will
encourage greater federal leadership in, and attention to,
good design.
As in 1983, I have asked Frank Hodsoll, Chairman of'the
National Endowment for the Arts, to implement the Presidential
Design Awards Program. I know he will enjoy your full
support.
Please designate an individual with an appropriate background
and position to be your liaison with the Endowment to help
ensure the success of this program.
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