2013 Finalist Michelle Colby and the Vaccine Development Team Safety, Security and International Affairs Michelle Colby and the Vaccine Development Team Following the loss of millions of farm animals throughout England in 2001, developed a new, safer vaccine for foot-and-mouth disease to protect America’s livestock industry and prevent harm to our national economy.
2013 Finalist Charles Addington Safety, Security and International Affairs Charles Addington Developed and implemented an innovative law enforcement program that reduced the high violent crime rate on four Indian reservations by 35 percent, providing a model for other Native American communities.
2013 Finalist Terence V. Milholland Citizen Services Terence V. Milholland Overhauled IRS’ information technology and tax processing systems, leading to quicker refunds and notices to taxpayers, reduced fraud and better internal management.
2013 Finalist Martha Dorris Citizen Services Martha Dorris Delivered timely information on federal programs and services and engaged citizens with our government through the use of web portals, social media, crowdsourcing tools and a powerful search engine.
2013 Winner Andrew Rabens Emerging Leaders Andrew Rabens Led an initiative to engage young leaders from the Middle East and North Africa to share ideas and learn about American democracy.
2014 Finalist Scott Gerald Borg Paul A. Volcker Career Achievement Scott Gerald Borg Directed a world-class research program in Antarctica that uncovered important scientific discoveries about climate change, the origins of the universe, previously unknown sea life and two new dinosaur species.
2013 Winner Antonio J. Mendez Antonio J. Mendez Participated in some of the most harrowing Cold War spy and human intelligence operations, helped bring cooperating foreign agents out from behind the Iron Curtain and rescued Americans trapped in Tehran as portrayed in the Hollywood thriller Argo.
2013 Finalist Kenneth J. Linthicum Safety, Security and International Affairs Kenneth J. Linthicum Developed techniques to predict outbreaks of insect-borne illnesses and protect livestock and humans, including military personnel, from debilitating and life-threatening disease.
2013 Finalist Claire Votaw Management Excellence Claire Votaw Developed a shared IT network for American embassies and federal agencies operating overseas, saving money and reducing duplication.
2013 Finalist Margaret Focarino and the Team Management Excellence Margaret Focarino and the Team Led bold reforms that dramatically improved the speed and quality of patent examinations and approvals, helping incentivize new technologies and spur economic growth.
2014 Finalist Robert A. Canino Paul A. Volcker Career Achievement Robert A. Canino Pioneered the use of civil rights laws to try human trafficking cases when criminal enforcement and labor laws proved ineffective in defending foreign-born and intellectually disabled workers who were abused and exploited.
2013 Finalist Manan Vyas Emerging Leaders Manan Vyas Advanced the national goal of developing hypersonic aircraft engines, the last frontier of aeronautics, through innovative testing and scientific analysis.
2013 Finalist Paul D. Jablonski Science, Technology and Environment Paul D. Jablonski Revolutionized coronary stent technology by developing a new platinum-chromium alloy that makes the device thinner, more flexible and visible by x-ray.
2013 Finalist Seamus McElearney and the C-38 Team Safety, Security and International Affairs Seamus McElearney and the C-38 Team Led lengthy undercover investigations that have severely disrupted two of New York’s notorious and violent organized crime families.
2013 Finalist David Vollman Emerging Leaders David Vollman Gathered, organized and analyzed data on cataract surgery results to improve medical practices and outcomes for patients.
2013 Finalist Dave Broomell Citizen Services Dave Broomell Developed a number of technology innovations that have improved Social Security’s customer service and employee efficiency.
2013 Winner John MacKinnon and the Operation Holitna Team Safety, Security and International Affairs John MacKinnon and the Operation Holitna Team Rescued more than 167 victims of child pornography and developed new forensic investigatory techniques to track down the predators that abuse them, resulting in 54 arrests since 2010.
2013 Finalist Nora D. Volkow Science, Technology and Environment Nora D. Volkow Demonstrated that drug addiction is a disease that changes brain function and created new strategies for treating patients with substance abuse issues.
2013 Winner Daniel Madrzykowski Citizen Services Daniel Madrzykowski Dramatically improved firefighting practices by conducting and sharing sophisticated research that has saved firefighters’ lives and protected property across the nation.
2014 Winner Rana Hajjeh and the Hib Initiative Team Federal Employee of the Year Rana Hajjeh and the Hib Initiative Team Led a global campaign to convince some of the world’s poorest countries to use a vaccine to fight bacterial meningitis and pneumonia, an initiative that is estimated to save the lives of 7 million children by 2020.
2013 Winner Hamid Jafari Safety, Security and International Affairs Hamid Jafari Directed the global initiative that eradicated polio in India and is leading the effort to eliminate this crippling and potentially fatal disease in the final three countries where it persists.
2013 Finalist J. Todd Weber and the CDC Multistate Response Team Citizen Services J. Todd Weber and the CDC Multistate Response Team Quickly identified contaminated medicine as the cause of a major meningitis outbreak in 2012, and led the national public health response.
2013 Finalist Stephen E. Richardson and the Team Safety, Security and International Affairs Stephen E. Richardson and the Team Led a team of FBI agents and Alabama police that saved the life of a five-year-old boy who was kidnapped and held hostage by an armed killer for six terrifying days in an underground bunker.
