Citizens pay for excellent government service and they deserve to receive it. Government employees have a commitment to excellence and they deserve to be recognized, rewarded and appreciated. Working together, in partnership, we can achieve much. The challenges of the future require that America's best and brightest join the public service. We must empower this generation by educating our youth on the role government plays in their lives and how they can get involved.
People search a lifetime to find a job which has an impact.
Government employees have an opportunity to have a lasting effect on their communities and their country. Public service employees have given much to the success of this nation. And on this, the 15th Annual Public Service Recognition Week , to the 20 million men and women who serve in government in every town in every state in America, and in hundreds of cities abroad, the American people say, thank you for a job well done.