Presidential Rank Awards

Senior Executives Association’s outgoing president describes org’s changes

The Senior Executives Association hired Gregory Brooks to fill a new executive director role after the association’s president for the past two years Bob…

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Biden ends nearly 20-year drought by publicly recognizing 2021 Presidential Rank Awards recipients

Workforce

Checking in with the scientist at center of NOAA climate research

People

USAID humanitarian aid is stored at a warehouse next to the Tienditas International Bridge on the outskirts of Cucuta, Colombia, on the border with Venezuela, Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019. The U.S. military airlifted tons of humanitarian aid as part of an effort meant to undermine socialist President Nicolas Maduro and back his rival for the leadership of the South American nation. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

How procurement supports the mission at USAID

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EPA acquisitions leader receives Presidential Rank Award

Acquisition

She hasn’t been in space personally, but her work has helped NASA succeed

People

Meet the Presidential Rank Awardee who’s had a career focus on military manpower

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Meet the Presidential Rank Award winner who had to suddenly oversee the distribution of $178 billion

People

What was your life’s big moment?

Federal Report

Meet the Presidential Rank Award winner, a cattle expert who sometimes gets cow pies on his boots.

People

Time for government, industry to meet in person again

Federal Report

President Joe Biden speaks from the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Dec. 6, 2021, on his administrations plans to lower the costs of prescription drugs, letting Medicare negotiate drug prices, capping how much seniors and people with disabilities have to pay for drugs. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

After year-long hiatus, Biden names 230 winners for Presidential Rank Awards

The president picked 230 members of the Senior Executive Service from across 37 agencies as winners of the 2021 Presidential Rank Awards.

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Former Gov. Jennifer Granholm, D-Mich., testifies before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee during a hearing to examine her nomination to be Secretary of Energy, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Graeme Jennings/Pool via AP)

Energy Department restarting loan program for clean power

In today’s Federal Newscast, in one of her first moves as Energy Secretary, Jennifer Granholm is reviving one of the agency’s largest loan programs for…

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Presidential Rank Awards will return this year, OPM says

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The Office of Personnel Management will accept nominations for the 2021 Presidential Rank Awards through April 9. The previous administration canceled last year’s rank awards, citing economic uncertainty and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.