BROWARD COUNTY, FL - The County has won 29 National Association of County Information Officers (NACIO) Awards of Excellence in 2024 including Best of Show for Broward County Aviation's informative Holiday Travel Advisories public outreach campaign.

The annual competition recognizes the quality of public information and education outreach campaigns by County governments. Eleven County agencies were recognized including the Animal Care, Broward County Aviation, Broward County Library, Building Code Division, Consumer Protection Division, Cultural Division, Innovation Unit, Mobility Advancement Program (MAP), Natural Resources Division, Resilience Unit and Urban Planning Division.

Find a detailed list of the awards here. The 2024 awards include:

Best of Show

• Broward County Aviation: Holiday Travel Advisories Public Outreach campaign

Eleven Best of Category Awards

• Broward County Aviation (two awards): Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International (FLL) Historic Flooding Communications Outreach in April 2023 (Campaigns - Crisis category) and Holiday Travel Advisories Public Outreach (Campaigns - General Information category)
• Broward County Library (two awards): 50th Anniversary "Peace Love Libraries" campaign (Campaign - Quality of Life [parks, libraries, environment] category) and 50th Anniversary  Library Card (Graphic Design - Special Graphics category)
• Resilience Unit (two awards): Broward Resilience Newsletter (Printed Publications - Newsletter category) and Beach Renourishment video (Audiovisual - short video under 60 seconds category)
• Animal Care & Resilience Unit: Be Cool Rack Card - Heat Tips for Pets (Printed Publications - Newsletter category)
• Building Code Division: "Promote the Trades" campaign (Writing - Best Headline/ Campaign Title category)
• Natural Resources Division: Elf on the Shelf social media campaign (Social Media - Multi-Platform Campaign category)
• Innovation Unit & Consumer Protection Division: Innovations Unit logo (Graphic Design - logo category)
• Innovation Unit & Mobility Advancement Program (MAP): 3D Animated Video of Sales Surtax Transportation Investments (Audiovisual - medium length video 1-5 minutes category)

Eight Superior Awards

• Broward County Library (three awards): Broward.org/Library (Electronic Communications - Websites category); 50th Anniversary "Peace Love Libraries" button (Graphic Design - Banners/Buttons category) and "I Read Banned Books" library card (Graphic Design - Special Graphics category)
• Natural Resources Division (two awards): Multilingual Air Quality Index Brochure (Printed Publications - Short One Page/Trifold category) and 'NatureScape Irrigation Service' YouTube Shorts Video (Video Series category)
• Cultural Division (two awards): Monthly Newsletter (Printed Publications-Newsletter category) and "Amplifying Local Voices" through Social Media Reels - (Social Media - Single Platform Campaign category)
• Resilience Unit: Be Cool - Heat Tips for Pets campaign (Social Media - Single Platform Campaign category)

Four Excellence Awards

• Broward County Library (three awards): "I Read Banned Books" button (Graphic Design - Banners/Buttons category); 50th Anniversary "Peace Love Libraries" logo (Graphic Design - logo category) and "Freedom to Read" campaign (Campaigns - Quality of life-parks, libraries, environments category)
• Broward County Aviation: Blue Angels at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL) for the Fort Lauderdale Air Show (Audiovisual - short video under 60 seconds category)

Five Meritorious Awards 

• Resilience Unit (two awards): Broward Resilient Environment Department Brochure (Printed Publications - Multi-page Education Booklet) and Extreme Heat Survey (Printed Publications - Short One-page/Trifold category)
• Urban Planning Division: Broward Municipal Services District (BMSD) Semi-Annual Report (Printed publications - Annual Report category)
• Innovation Unit & Consumer Protection Division: Broward County Innovation Unit website (Electronic Communications - Websites category)
• Broward County Library: 50th Anniversary "Peace Love Libraries" banner (Graphic Design- Banners/Buttons category)

NACIO is an affiliate of the National Association of Counties (NACo). The County also received 33 NACo awards in 2024, which recognize innovative, effective and efficient County Commission programs and services.