[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 90 (Thursday, May 9, 2019)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 20533-20534]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-09760]


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                Proclamation 9878 of May 3, 2019

                
Public Service Recognition Week, 2019

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                During Public Service Recognition Week, we express our 
                gratitude to our Nation's civil servants for their 
                dedication to mission, service, and stewardship. These 
                members of our Federal, State, and local government 
                workforces deliver results for the American people, 
                often without acclaim.

                Each day, millions of government employees serve their 
                fellow citizens, and we as a Nation recognize the 
                valuable role they play in our communities. From the 
                law enforcement officers and border patrol agents who 
                keep our country safe and secure to those who work in 
                education, healthcare, transportation, and other public 
                service careers, civil servants ensure government works 
                for the American people. Our country's brave men and 
                women in uniform make up the greatest Armed Forces in 
                the world. They are able to defend our freedom because 
                civilian employees at the Department of Defense and the 
                Department of Veterans Affairs work faithfully each day 
                to fulfill President Abraham Lincoln's charge to ``care 
                for him who shall have borne the battle.'' In often 
                difficult circumstances, our civil servants respond to 
                natural disasters, search for cures for diseases, 
                protect information networks, and improve quality of 
                life for their fellow Americans. They remain focused on 
                their mission of serving and protecting.

                My Administration understands that it is critical for 
                Federal employees to provide high-quality service and 
                to be good stewards of taxpayer dollars. To maintain 
                these high standards, we are continuing to implement 
                policies that create a more efficient and productive 
                Federal Government. By removing unnecessary regulations 
                and streamlining internal agency processes, we have 
                helped eliminate barriers that stand in the way of 
                Federal employees' efforts to do their jobs. We have 
                also made it easier for the Federal Government to hire 
                more military spouses, and we are giving a second 
                chance to those with a criminal history.

                This week, we pause to give tribute to the many civil 
                servants who paid the ultimate price in service to our 
                Nation. We will never forget their sacrifice, and we 
                are proud to add their names to the Wall of Honor in 
                the Theodore Roosevelt Federal Office Building, a 
                tradition which began in 2013 to honor Federal civilian 
                employees who died in the line of duty. My 
                Administration also is pleased to launch the Gears of 
                Government President's Award. This award program 
                reinforces the President's Management Agenda by 
                recognizing individuals and teams across the Federal 
                workforce who support exceptional delivery of key 
                mission, service, and stewardship outcomes for the 
                American people.

                During Public Service Recognition Week, we acknowledge 
                the work our civil servants do for the American people 
                on a daily basis, and we appreciate their willingness 
                to dedicate their experience and expertise, and 
                sometimes even their lives, to serving their fellow 
                citizens.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the 
                United States of America, by virtue of the authority 
                vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the 
                United States, do hereby proclaim May 5 through May 11, 
                2019, as Public Service Recognition Week. I call upon 
                Americans and all Federal, State, tribal, and local 
                government agencies to recognize

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                the dedication of our Nation's public servants and to 
                observe this week through appropriate programs and 
                activities.

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                third day of May, in the year of our Lord two thousand 
                nineteen, and of the Independence of the United States 
                of America the two hundred and forty-third.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

[FR Doc. 2019-09760
Filed 5-8-19; 11:15 am]
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