2008 Finalist Crystal Kaplan Safety, Security and International Affairs Crystal Kaplan Planned and led the U.S. and international community to resettle more than 100,000 Bhutanese refugees from the refugee camps they have been living in for nearly two decades.
2008 Winner Steven G. Chalk Science, Technology and Environment Steven G. Chalk Leading many of our federal government’s most significant efforts to expand the development and use of renewable energy.
2008 Winner Mary Katherine Friedrich Safety, Security and International Affairs Mary Katherine Friedrich Leads the U.S.-Afghan Women’s Council, a major public/private effort to enhance the economic, social and political status of Afghan women.
2008 Finalist James “Patrick” McCreary and the BJA Information Sharing Team Safety, Security and International Affairs James “Patrick” McCreary and the BJA Information Sharing Team Developed the capability to connect law enforcement databases, with broad information sharing uses that include improving Amber Alerts and supporting the National Sex Offender Public Registry.
2008 Finalist Bobbi Bernstein and Alex Bustamante Safety, Security and International Affairs Bobbi Bernstein and Alex Bustamante Successfully prosecuted United States v. Saldana, convicting four murderers and marked the first time the federal hate crime statutes have been used to combat racial violence committed by members of a street gang.
2008 Winner Mark Pletcher Safety, Security and International Affairs Mark Pletcher Leading efforts to stop bid-rigging, fraud and corruption involving U.S. officials and defense contractors in Iraq, Kuwait and Afghanistan.
2008 Finalist Frank J. DiFalco Safety, Security and International Affairs Frank J. DiFalco Helped establish and currently leads the National Operations Center, which has improved interagency and intergovernmental coordination regarding homeland security matters.
2008 Finalist Carolyn Shanoff and the Team Citizen Services Carolyn Shanoff and the Team Preventing identity theft by educating more than 120 million American households about the crime.
2008 Finalist Carol D. Shull Paul A. Volcker Career Achievement Carol D. Shull Led the expansion of the National Register of Historic Places to include well over a million properties, recognizing and helping to preserve sites of cultural significance.
2008 Finalist Cynthia Bascetta Paul A. Volcker Career Achievement Cynthia Bascetta Providing authoritative advice and analysis to Congress and the general public to improve the quality of health care in America.
2008 Winner Stephen O. Andersen Paul A. Volcker Career Achievement Stephen O. Andersen Played a key role in implementing the landmark Montreal Protocol which has put us on a path to restoring the ozone layer by phasing out 95 percent of the world’s ozone-depleting substances and is leading current federal efforts to combat climate change.
2008 Winner Richard Greene Federal Employee of the Year Richard Greene Designed and launched the President’s Malaria Initiative, which has provided potentially life-saving services to more than 25 million vulnerable people.
2008 Winner Eddie Bernard Safety, Security and International Affairs Eddie Bernard Created a tsunami detection system that has dramatically increased warning times and decreased the risk of catastrophic loss of life.
2008 Finalist Michael Butler Safety, Security and International Affairs Michael Butler Created a new smart card credentialing system that is improving the security of federal properties and computer networks, in addition to saving taxpayer dollars.
2008 Finalist Carole A. Davis Paul A. Volcker Career Achievement Carole A. Davis Led the development of federal dietary guidelines and the establishment of the popular MyPyramid.gov website.
2008 Finalist Victor M. Manjarrez, Jr and the Operation Lifeguard Team Safety, Security and International Affairs Victor M. Manjarrez, Jr and the Operation Lifeguard Team Established an unprecedented alliance between U.S. and Mexican law enforcement officials to reduce the number of illegal border crossings.
2008 Winner Alain D. Carballeyra Emerging Leaders Alain D. Carballeyra Introducing cutting edge 3-D technology to improve medical care and rehabilitation, and helping restore quality of life for soldiers that have suffered traumatic battle injuries.
2008 Winner Rajiv Jain Citizen Services Rajiv Jain Developed and led an initiative that reduced a type of life-threatening, hospital-acquired infections by 60 percent and has been replicated at all 153 VA hospitals and other hospitals across America and parts of the world.
2008 Finalist Greg Neudecker Science, Technology and Environment Greg Neudecker Built a coalition of government officials, local landowners and conservation groups to develop and execute a plan to restore Montana’s Blackfoot River watershed, the setting of the 1992 film A River Runs Through It.
2008 Finalist Joshua R. Fairley and the Team Emerging Leaders Joshua R. Fairley and the Team Led the development of new technology to improve the accuracy of improvised explosive device (IED) detection by 75 percent.
2008 Finalist Orlando Illi and the MC4 Team Safety, Security and International Affairs Orlando Illi and the MC4 Team Developed systems that allow medical units to digitally capture and access service members’ medical records on the battlefield.
2008 Finalist Renate Reimschuessel Safety, Security and International Affairs Renate Reimschuessel Made the scientific breakthrough to identify the cause of the largest pet food recall in history and is currently conducting critical research to guarantee the safety of imported foods.
2008 Finalist David J. Lipman Citizen Services David J. Lipman Led the development of the groundbreaking PubMed Central database which enhances biomedical research in a way that is accelerating scientific discovery and increasing public knowledge.
2008 Finalist Joshua Pomeroy Emerging Leaders Joshua Pomeroy Developed breakthrough technology that enhances our ability to read microchips, which will lead to further miniaturization in data storage.
2008 Finalist Patricia Frounfelker Emerging Leaders Patricia Frounfelker Discovered hazards associated with reactive armor that have prompted safety improvements for U.S. soldiers.
2008 Finalist Alexander E. MacDonald Science, Technology and Environment Alexander E. MacDonald Invented Science on a Sphere®, a teaching tool that displays environmental data on a globe-like screen and makes Earth-system science more exciting and accessible.
2008 Finalist Judah Levine Paul A. Volcker Career Achievement Judah Levine Served three decades as “the nation’s timekeeper,” creating a system for synchronizing time for our financial markets and computer networks, which is accessed more than 2.5 billion times a day.
2008 Finalist Scott Hutchison, Steven Zerebeck and the Team Safety, Security and International Affairs Scott Hutchison, Steven Zerebeck and the Team Identified more than $2 billion in aberrant Medicare claims and created a model for reducing fraud in the program.
2008 Finalist Daniel Irwin and the SERVIR Team Safety, Security and International Affairs Daniel Irwin and the SERVIR Team Led the development of new satellite technology being used internationally to improve disaster relief and environmental stewardship.
