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James Michael Duncan: Gave Chilean Miners Light At End Of Tunnel

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This is the eighth of a series of profiles on the nine standout public servants who received Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals (Sammies) honoring their high-impact contributions to the health, safety and well-being of Americans at a Washington, D.C. gala September 15. The awards, presented by the nonprofit Partnership for Public Service, are among the most prestigious honors given to America’s civil servants. This profile features the winner of the national security and international affairs medal, James Michael Duncan, deputy chief medical officer at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. Keep reading →

 /  Published September 27, 2011 at 11:00 AM

Todd Grams: Streamlining Veterans Services

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This is the seventh of a series of profiles on the nine standout public servants who received Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals (Sammies) honoring their high-impact contributions to the health, safety and well-being of Americans at a Washington, D.C. gala September 15. The awards, presented by the nonprofit Partnership for Public Service, are among the most prestigious honors given to America’s civil servants. This profile features the winner of the management excellence medal, W. Todd Grams, acting assistant secretary for management and chief financial officer for the Department of Veterans Affairs.

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has long functioned as if it were three distinct business entities-health care, benefits and cemeteries-and never fully integrated its financial management, acquisition, human resources, capital investment and technology functions across the organization. Keep reading →

 /  Published September 26, 2011 at 1:00 PM

Charles Heurich: Finding Closure for Loved Ones

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This is the sixth of a series of profiles on the nine standout public servants who received Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals (Sammies) honoring their high-impact contributions to the health, safety and well-being of Americans at a Washington, D.C. gala September 15. The awards, presented by the nonprofit Partnership for Public Service, are among the most prestigious honors given to America’s civil servants. This profile features the winner of the justice and law enforcement medal, Charles Heurich, Program Manager for the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System at the Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of Justice.

More than 20 years after her sister Paula Davis disappeared, Stephanie Clack went to a newly created federal website which matches missing-person cases with unidentified human remains, and quickly unraveled the disturbing mystery that for so long had haunted her family. Keep reading →

 /  Published September 23, 2011 at 4:00 PM

Dr. C. Norman Coleman: Preparing For The Unthinkable

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This is the fifth of a series of profiles on the nine standout public servants who received Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals (Sammies) honoring their high-impact contributions to the health, safety and well-being of Americans at a Washington, D.C. gala September 15. The awards, presented by the nonprofit Partnership for Public Service, are among the most prestigious honors given to America’s civil servants. This profile features the winner of the homeland security medal, Norman Coleman, associate director of the Radiation Research Program at the National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute.

Dr. C. Norman Coleman, a renowned radiation oncologist, developed a comprehensive roadmap to help the U.S. government and emergency responders prepare for a dreadful scenario-a terrorist attack involving radiological or nuclear materials. Keep reading →

 /  Published September 22, 2011 at 2:30 PM

Diane Braunstein: Bringing Compassion to Process

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This is the fourth of a series of profiles on the nine standout public servants who received Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals (Sammies) honoring their high-impact contributions to the health, safety and well-being of Americans at a Washington, D.C. gala September 15. The awards, presented by the nonprofit Partnership for Public Service, are among the most prestigious honors given to America’s civil servants. This profile features the winner of the citizen services medal, Diane Braunstein, associate commissioner for the Office of International Programs at the Social Security Administration.

Imagine that you were diagnosed with a terminal form of cancer or a rare and debilitating chronic disease, have applied for Social Security disability benefits to help make ends meet, and are placed on a long waiting list where the claim lingers without resolution. Keep reading →

 /  Published September 21, 2011 at 1:30 PM

Ann Martin: Disrupting the Flow of Dirty Money

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This is the third of a series of profiles on the nine standout public servants who received Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals (Sammies) honoring their high-impact contributions to the health, safety and well-being of Americans at a Washington, D.C. gala September 15. The awards, presented by the nonprofit Partnership for Public Service, are among the most prestigious honors given to America’s civil servants. This profile features the winner of the call to service medal, Ann Martin, senior intelligence research specialist for the Office of Trend and Issue Analysis, Department of the Treasury, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (photo withheld upon request).

Federal law enforcement authorities have suspected for years that violent Mexican drug cartels routinely smuggle cash from their American narcotics sales into their own country, deposit the funds in local banks and then funnel huge sums of the illicitly gained money back into the United States. Keep reading →

 /  Published September 20, 2011 at 1:01 PM

Alfonso Batres: How One Veteran Is Making A Difference At VA

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This is the second of a series of profiles on the nine standout public servants who received Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals (Sammies) honoring their high-impact contributions to the health, safety and well-being of Americans at a Washington, D.C. gala September 15. The awards, presented by the nonprofit Partnership for Public Service, are among the most prestigious honors given to America’s civil servants. This profile features the winner of the career achievement medal, Alfonso Batres, chief officer of the readjustment counseling service for the Veterans Health Administration.

Alfonso Batres’ career has been dedicated to one important mission-addressing the needs of our nation’s veterans and their families. Keep reading →

 /  Published September 19, 2011 at 4:30 PM

The Crucial Calculation – Service To America Medalist Paul Hsieh

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This is the first of a series of profiles on the nine standout public servants who received Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals (Sammies) honoring their high-impact contributions to the health, safety and well-being of Americans at a Washington, D.C. gala September 15. The awards, presented by the nonprofit Partnership for Public Service, are among the most prestigious honors given to America’s civil servants. This profile features the winner of the top medal – Federal Employee of the Year – research hydrologist Paul Hsieh of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

Paul Hsieh provided critical scientific information that proved to be a turning point in ending the worst oil spill in our nation’s history. Keep reading →

 /  Published September 16, 2011 at 2:24 PM

Federal Agencies, Disabled Workers Benefit From Accommodation Program

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Seven months after a hijacked passenger jet slammed into the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001, a Defense Department accountant who lost both of her hands in the attack visited the Computer/Electronic Accommodations Program (CAP) looking for help.

“I don’t think there’s anything you can do for me,” said the woman, who had recovered from burns over 70 percent of her body. Keep reading →

 /  Published September 15, 2011 at 10:03 AM

Costly Law Still Hinders Agencies From Sharing Common Census Address Data

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One the nation’s most authoritative sources for residential address data, the U.S. Census Bureau, may soon have to confront a costly legal constraint that prevents it from sharing basic street address information with thousands of county, state governments and other organizations.

The limitation not only means that state and local governments must spend more to validate address information, so must the Census Bureau and other federal agencies, according to a group of data specialists speaking at a conference on the use of geographic data. Keep reading →

 /  Published September 13, 2011 at 4:05 PM
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