Sammies
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Jim Seymour, director of Programs and Special Events for the Partnership for Public Service, joins host Derrick Dortch to talk about this year\'s SAMMIES award winners. September 9, 2011
September 09, 2011 -
This year, 34 federal employees were named finalists in eight categories for their public service work.
August 19, 2011 -
Amy Merten, spatial data branch chief in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration\'s Office of Response and Restoration, is being honored for her efforts at using a new online data system to help clean up in the aftermath of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
July 19, 2011 -
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) proves effective in matching up missing persons reports to unidentified remains, according to Charles Heurich, the program manager of NamUs.
July 11, 2011 -
Dr. Lawrence Deyton is the director for the Center for Tobacco Products at the FDA.
July 05, 2011 -
Oliver Fischer is a demographer and a conflict monitoring and response officer with the U.S. Census Bureau and a Sammies award finalist.
June 28, 2011 -
Staying $585 million under budget is a major accomplishment for any agency. But, as Federal News Radio\'s Francis Rose found out, GSA\'s Bill Guerin did just that.
June 21, 2011 -
Sammies nominee Fenella France is a preservation scientist in the preservation research and testing division of the Library of Congress.
June 14, 2011 -
Mary Pletcher is the Deputy Recovery Coordinator and Acting Deputy Director at the National Business Center at the Department of the Interior\'s Office of Policy, Management and Budget. She\'s also a Service to America Medal finalist in the Call to Service category
June 07, 2011 -
Neal Brown is the chief of community support programs at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
May 31, 2011 -
Alfonso Batres\' life has been dedicated to one important mission—addressing the needs of our nation\'s veterans and their families. We talk with him about that and it led him to become a finalist in thie year\'s Service to America Medals.
May 23, 2011 -
Civilian Pentagon whistleblowers need protection. It\'s the job of Daniel Meyer the director of whistleblowing and transparency at the Department of Defense\'s Office of the Inspector General.
May 16, 2011 -
NASA has been collaborating on innovative ideas and technologies dealing with such global challenges as water resources, clean air, health care and energy. We get details from team leader, and SAMMIE nominee, Diane Powell.
May 16, 2011 -
The work by Dr. Paul Hsieh has led to a nomination for a Service to America Medal in the Science and Environment category.
May 10, 2011 -
This year, 34 federal employees were named finalists in eight categories for their public service work.
May 09, 2011