The JCP Program Management Office (PMO) presents JCP program awards each year during the JavaOne Conference. This year marks the seventh annual awards, and there is a change in the process to enable more transparency and openness to the community.

This year the JCP program office will accept nominations from the community for the the JCP Program Awards in six categories.  Nominations are open to anyone with an interest in Java technologies and community participation--JCP program membership or affiliation not required! If your nomination wins an award, there is a recognition gift in it for you!  Nominate here.

The categories for the awards are as follows--see the board for a full description of each category (registration for the board posting is very lightweight--only email required):

- JCP Member of the Year
- JCP Participant of the year
- Most Outstanding Spec Lead for Java Standard Edition/Enterprise Edition
- Most Outstanding Spec Lead for Java Micro Edition
- Most Innovative JSR for Java Standard Edition/Enterprise Edition
- Most Innovative JSR for Java Micro Edition

Nominations have been extended and will be open until 1 May 2009.

To find out more about the JCP Program Awards and view previous winners visit this page on jcp.org.

The PMO has been working on a major revision to the jcp.org web site, and we're getting ready to open up the site for beta testing. If you are already a user of the current jcp.org web site, we'd like your assistance in testing the new site to ensure that all the kinks are ironed out before we launch later this year.

 If you are interested in volunteering as a beta tester of the new jcp.org site, send mail with the subject "New jcp.org tester" to pmo at jcp.org before 15 April 2009. Instructions for accessing the test site will be sent to you shortly thereafter.