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Proclamation 10386 of April 29, 2022 

Public Service Recognition Week, 2022 

By the President of the United States of America 

A Proclamation 

America’s dedicated public servants are the lifeblood of our democracy. 

Every day, millions of public workers at all levels of government do extraordinary things to make our lives better and our country stronger. During 

Public Service Recognition Week, we honor the dedicated Federal, State, 

Tribal, and local public servants who embody the spirit of service and 

endless possibilities that define America. 

Public servants make crucial contributions in every community in America. 

They educate our children, keep our communities safe, defend our country, 

deliver our mail, maintain our roads and bridges, develop cures for diseases, 

improve sustainability, and care for our veterans—among countless other 

essential services that keep our country safe and propel us forward. Public 

servants reflect the full diversity of this Nation, and deliver the promise 

of a Government by and for the people. 

Our public servants have displayed remarkable resilience and dedication 

throughout the COVID–19 pandemic. They have led vaccination efforts to 

keep our communities safe, provided relief to small businesses, supported 

natural disaster recovery efforts, and safely reopened schools so that our 

students can learn. I am proud that my Administration’s American Rescue 

Plan provided $350 billion to State, Tribal, and local governments so that 

they could retain and re-hire vital public servants—educators, police officers, 

firefighters, public works employees, and countless others. The American 

Rescue Plan also provided $122 billion for our public schools, equipping 

them with the resources they need to operate safely and support our students. 

Every day, public servants continue to put these funds to work in ways 

that transform our communities for the better. 

My Administration is committed to protecting, empowering, and rebuilding 

the career Federal workforce so they can bring more resources to bear 

in service of the American people. To recruit and retain the best career 

civil service employees, I directed executive departments and agencies to 

increase the minimum wage for Federal employees to $15 per hour to 

make Government jobs more competitive. I established a White House Task 

Force on Worker Organizing and Empowerment, led by Vice President Harris, 

which has already put forward nearly 70 recommendations to strengthen 

the right to unionize among Federal Government workers. I have also taken 

steps to protect Federal employees against discrimination on the basis of 

gender identity or sexual orientation. I established a government-wide initiative to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion in the Federal workforce— 

because when public servants reflect the full diversity of the communities 

they serve, governments are more effective and successful. 

I am proud that my Administration has delivered significant relief to public 

servants who have Federal student loans. It is crucial that student loans 

create a pathway to opportunity, not a lifelong burden. In October, my 

Administration announced a series of actions to make it easier for borrowers 

to receive loan forgiveness. Since then, more than 100,000 public servants 

have received nearly $6.2 billion in student loan debt relief. We will continue 

to build a student loan system that provides borrowers the relief they need. 


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26672 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 87 / Thursday, May 5, 2022 / Presidential Documents 

This week, we recognize the indispensable contributions of our Nation’s 

public servants. We honor all our public workers who perform critical 

roles across our country and around the globe. I have the greatest honor 

of serving alongside these workers every day, and I am humbled by their 

commitment to building a better America. 

NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., 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 1 through 

May 7, 2022, as Public Service Recognition Week. I call upon all Americans 

to celebrate public servants and their contributions this week and throughout 

the year. 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-ninth 

day of April, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty-two, and of 

the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and 

forty-sixth. 

[FR Doc. 2022–09766 

Filed 5–4–22; 8:45 am] 

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