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SAMMIE nominee faces a watershed moment

Sammies finalist, EPA's Katherine Antos, describes her work as "very gratifying". We find out why and what she's done to be a finalist.

Tags: Federal Drive , pay and benefits , Call to Service , SAMMIES 2011

Monday - 05/09/2011, 10:31am EDT

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DHS fed named 2010 Federal Employee of the Year

The devastation in Haiti was so overwhelming after the January earthquake, it might have paralyzed lesser people than our next guest. But this Homeland Security Department worker swung into action. As a result, there are hundreds of happy children scampering around the U.S. He is the Citizenship and Immigration Services field office director for Haiti, and the 2010 Federal Employee of the Year, Pius Bannis.

Tags: Federal Drive , Sammies 2010 , Pius Bannis , Service to America

Thursday - 09/16/2010, 10:31am EDT

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A new generation of leaders emerges at Defense

"If you are looking for the next generation of great leaders, he is at the top," says the U.S. ambassador to Serbia of Mark Simakovsky. Simakovsky has earned a spot as a finalist for a Service to America Medal. He tells us about his work.

Tags: Federal Drive , Mark Simakovsky , DoD Report , Defense , management , leadership

Tuesday - 09/14/2010, 10:40am EDT

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Sec. Donley calls for a fiscally improved Air Force

Defense appropriations heads to the Hill, Sammie finalist played instrumental role in Russia

Tags: Federal Drive , DoD Report , Defense , Air Force ,

Tuesday - 09/14/2010, 08:40am EDT

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Ron Sanders offers lessons learned

Through nearly four decades of public service, Ron Sanders led major organizational and personnel reforms in critical areas of the federal government. We learn more from the Sammies award finalist.

Tags: Federal Drive , Sammies 2010 , Ron Sanders , management , ODNI

Monday - 08/02/2010, 10:41am EDT

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SAMMIE Tracker: the secret to success

Peter Wilhelm has developed and deployed 95 satellites, pioneering significant advances from lunar exploration to GPS to global weather forecasting. We talk with the Director of the Naval Center for Space Technology about his work.

Tags: Federal Drive , Sammies , Sammies 2010 , Peter Wilhelm , Naval Research Laboratory , Naval Center for Space Technology

Monday - 06/07/2010, 10:40am EDT

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