‘Sammies’ for VA scientists bring relief to battered agency

The Washington Post: For an agency that has been under intense fire for months, the Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals are a welcome relief. The Department of Veterans Affairs had two winners of the awards, better known as Sammies, which are among the most prestigious given to federal employees. At a luncheon and an evening banquet on Monday, the Partnership for Public Service, the good-government group that sponsors the awards, paid tribute to all the winners and, by extension, the federal workforce they represent.

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