Sammies

In 2016 when Haiti was hit with a Category 4 hurricane, the devastation was widespread on an already impoverished nation. That’s where Ryan Shelby comes in.

Kristen Finne is the manager of the program, called emPOWER, and a finalist in this year’s Service to America Medals program.

Kara De Castro is a management analyst at the National Nuclear Security Administration, and a finalist in this year’s Service to America Medals program.

Colleagues say Dr. Ann McKee’s work has revolutionized the understanding of brain diseases.

Efforts in the challenging fight against kidney cancer made this doctor a Service to America Medals Program finalist.

U.S. Geological Survey team, led by Hawaiian Volcano Observatory Scientist Christina Neal was on the ground for the eruption of volcano Kilauea.

Shannon Sartin earned a SAMMIES nomination as one of the people driving the expansion of online services at CMS.

As sophisticated as air transportation has become, the most basic mistakes can still occur, like when an Alaska Airlines flight landed using a taxiway.

How exactly do you check every shipping container coming into the United States for radioactive material?

Jamie Rhome leads the team that developed a new and sophisticated surge model and warning system that gives earlier warnings of potential floods.