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July 17, 2025

The Partnership for Public Service recognized 23 individuals and teams as 2025 Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals® honorees. This year’s honorees were recognized in three groups. The honorees from the first group persisted to find answers to long-standing national challenges.

June 23, 2025

The Partnership for Public Service recognized the 2025 Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals® honorees at its 24th annual awards ceremony on Tuesday, June 17, at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center in Washington, D.C. 

November 21, 2024

The Partnership for Public Service is accepting nominations for the 2025 Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals® program, the premier awards ceremony for career federal employees. 

October 7, 2024

On Sept. 11, the 23rd annual Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals® gala took place in Washington, D.C., to honor exceptional public servants who are dedicated to serving our nation. At the gala, the Partnership presented its 2024 Spirit of Service Award to the co-founders of “A Starting Point,” Chris Evans, Mark Kassen and Joe Kiani.

September 12, 2024

On Wednesday, Sept. 11, the Partnership or Public Service hosted the 23rd annual Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals® at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.

August 27, 2024

This year, we showcased some of our 2024 finalists in the “Sammies Virtual Series,” a four-part LinkedIn Live event featuring several Service to America Medals nominees.

August 19, 2024

This year, two finalists for the Partnership for Public Service’s 23rd annual Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals® program demonstrated innovative strategies for implementing large-scale federal legislation.

August 1, 2024

On July 24, the Partnership for Public Service announced that Yan Ping (Judy) Chen and Jay D. Evans from the Department of Agriculture won the 2024 Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals® People’s Choice Award.

June 25, 2024

We recently revealed the top six finalists still in the running for our 2024 Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals® People’s Choice Award, which gives special recognition to one of this year’s Sammies finalists based on public voting.

May 10, 2024

To kick off Public Service Recognition Week, the Partnership for Public Service announced the finalists for this year’s Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals® program. This distinguished list of 25 individual and team honorees was selected from a record-breaking pool of over 530 nominations and reflects the extraordinary efforts of federal employees across dozens of agencies and offices.

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Page header: Charles Bolden, former Administrator of NASA, interviewed backstage at the 2013 Sammies gala