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An Urgent Need for Action
Americans need effective government. Every day, we rely on our federal government to deliver vital services, and emerging challenges such as the threat of terrorism and globalization intensify the need for our government to act on the most pressing problems facing our nation.
“An Urgent Need for Action” received a 2006 Telly Award, which honor outstanding local, regional, and cable television commercials and programs, as well as the finest video and film productions.
Leadership Awards Dinner
U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-ME)
2007 Public Sector Leadership Award recipient
Samuel Palmisano, Chairman, President and CEO, of the IBM Corporation
2007 Private Sector Leadership Award recipient
U.S. Representative Jane Harman (D-CA)
2006 Public Sector Leadership Award recipient
Service to America Medals
—2005—
Orlando Figueroa
2005 Federal Employee of the Year Medal Recipient
Achievement: Led the development of the Mars Exploration Rover project.
Kevin McAleenan
2005 Call to Service Medal Recipient
Achievement: Developed the Office of Anti-Terrorism, which was created soon after 9/11 to help better secure the nation’s ports and borders from terrorists and terrorist weapons.
Barbara Turner
2005 Career Acheivement Medal Recipient
Achievement: Worked her way up to the highest levels at USAID where she has played a critical role in the Agency’s work in Egypt, the former Soviet Union, Bosnia and multiple other countries.
Terence Lutes
2005 Citizen Services Medal Recipient
Achievement: Led the development of the popular eFile system that has allowed millions of Americans to get their tax refunds in as few as 10 days, while also cutting processing costs for government by as much as 90 percent.
Steven Bice
2005 Homeland Security Medal Recipient
Achievement: Developed two of the country’s most effective emergency preparedness organizations in the public health field.
Tobin Bradley
2005 International Affairs Medal Recipient
Achievement: Organized 15 local elections in southern Iraq and developed a voting system that the U.N. used as the basis for the January 2005 national elections.
Elizabeth Grossman
2005 Justice and Law Enforcement Medal Recipient
Achievement: Secured EEOC’s second largest sexual discrimination settlement ever in landmark case against Morgan Stanley.
Alan Estevez
2005 National Security Medal Recipient
Achievement: Implemented use of Radio Frequency Identification by the military, transforming military logistics for the 21st century.
Subhashree Madhavan and the Rembrandt Project Team
2005 Science and Environment Medal Recipient
Achievement: Created database that could lead to new cancer treatments and revolutionize the way cancer research is conducted.
—2004—
Robert F. Clifford
2004 Federal Employee of the Year Medal Recipient
Achievement: Led investigation that resulted in the conviction of more than a dozen leaders of the “November 17” Group—Europe’s most notorious and elusive terrorist group.
Nicole Nelson-Jean
2004 Call to Service Medal Recipient
Achievement: Led U.S. delegation to the Arctic Circle for negotiations with Russian officials to better secure Russia’s nuclear materials and weapons. This agreement led to the creation of a service and training center for nuclear material and weapons security in Murmansk, Russia.
Ambassador Prudence Bushnell
2004 Career Acheivement Medal Recipient
Achievement: Guided U.S. Embassy in Kenya through the 1998 bombing and was a leading voice in the U.S. government urging a response to the ethnic genocide in Rwanda.
FTC Do Not Call Team led by Eileen Harrington
2004 Citizen Services Medal Recipient
Achievement: Developed and implemented the federal Do Not Call Registry, which has reduced the number of telemarketing calls for more than 60 million Americans.
Brad Gair
2004 Homeland Security Medal Recipient
Achievement: Oversaw the federal government’s recovery efforts in New York after 9/11 and supervised other FEMA rebuilding work in the wake of multiple natural disasters.
Stephen E. Browning
2004 International Affairs Medal Recipient
Achievement: Led U.S. efforts to help Iraqis rebuild their electrical infrastructure and acted as the Administrative head of multiple Iraqi ministries; also led Army Corps of Engineers’ recovery efforts at Ground Zero.
Operation Kids For Cover Team led by Peter Darling
2004 Justice and Law Enforcement Medal Recipient
Achievement: Shut down a massive conspiracy in which rented babies and women couriers were used to smuggle cocaine in baby formula cans.
Dr. Deborah Jin
2004 Science and Environment Medal Recipient
Achievement: Created a new form of matter which could potentially unlock the key to superconductivity, a phenomenon with the potential to improve energy efficiency dramatically across a broad range of applications.
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