{"id":17790,"date":"2018-10-03T18:14:03","date_gmt":"2018-10-03T18:14:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/10\/03\/feds-reflect-on-what-made-the-sammies-special\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:46:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:46:57","slug":"feds-reflect-on-what-made-the-sammies-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/management\/leadership\/2018\/10\/03\/feds-reflect-on-what-made-the-sammies-special\/","title":{"rendered":"Feds reflect on what made the Sammies special"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Award winners at the Partnership for Public Service\u2019s Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals <\/a>Gala, held Oct. 2, said that they were most excited to spend an evening with their teams and with fellows at other agencies celebrating the hard work federal employees do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s so nice to have the recognition of the work that the entire Pregnancy and Birth Defects task force did during the Zika response,\u201d Margaret Honein, director of the Division of Congenital and Developmental Disorders at the Centers for Disease Control and winner of the Science and Environment Medal, told Federal Times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Partnership has been terrific about really shining a spotlight on the important work being done in the federal government. The federal employees I work with are really amazing, and work hard, and do it because they are really committed to public health.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n