Sammies

Partnership for Public Service president and CEO Max Stier joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin with the highlights of this year’s Service to America Medals.

In today’s Federal Newscast, amid shrinking budgets and workforce cuts, the IRS has also seen a reduction in tax enforcement.

These career federal employees are about much more than good administration alone.

The Partnership for Public Service recognized the 26 finalists of the 2019 Service to America Medals (Sammies) on Thursday.

Marcy Jacobs the executive director of the digital service at the Veterans Affairs Department, was the first member of the U.S. Digital Service to win a Service to America Medal.

The Partnership for Public Service announced the winners of the Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals on Tuesday, October 2.

Like it or not, some 700,000 drones, maybe a million will be humming along in the skies in a few years.

Toxicology is a complicated field to say the least. Analyzing chemicals to identify which ones are potentially harmful to humans and wildlife can be an arduous process.

When simultaneous floods and fire wrecked two northern cities and forced 50,000 people to evacuate, Judy DesHarnais at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers took action. SHe’s a finalist for this year’s Sammies.

Mining accidents kill or injure thousands every year, and John Sammarco at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health said one reason is poor illumination deep in mines.