
‘Oscars’ of government service take place Wednesday night
Jim Seymour, director of programs and events at the Partnership for Public Service, previews the 2017 Service to America Medals ceremony.
Jim Seymour, director of programs and events at the Partnership for Public Service, previews the 2017 Service to America Medals ceremony.
Paul Ohodnicki, a materials scientist at the National Energy Technology Lab (NETL), discusses his work on advanced sensors designed to monitor U.S. energy levels.
John Pilotte and Heather Grimsley with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in Baltimore discuss their work on Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs). They’re finalists for a Service to America Medal.
Kevin Nalu, special agent for criminal investigation at the IRS, discusses the work that earned him and three other colleagues recognition as finalists for the Service to America Medals in the Homeland Security & Law Enforcement category.
Sarah Jovan, research ecologist for the Pacific Northwest Research Station at the U.S. Forest Service, discusses her work on air pollution. Jovan and her colleague Geoffrey Donovan are finalists (in the Promising Innovations category) for a 2017 Service to America Medal.
Stayce Beck, chief of the Diabetes Diagnostics Devices Branch at the FDA, discusses her work on the first automated insulin delivery device in the world. Some refer to it as a first-generation artificial pancreas.
Rory Cooper, director of human engineering research laboratories at the Department of Veterans Affairs, discusses the work that won him a 2017 nomination for the Service to America Medals.
In October of 2015, the Office of Management and Budget chartered a new organization dubbed USSM — Unified Shared Services Management. It’s stated goal: Transform the way government does business internally in order to improve the way government serves the American public externally. Elizabeth Angerman, executive director of USSM, was recently nominated for a Service to […]