A Presidential Rank Award for Meritorious Executive presented to Michael Hutchison, deputy to the commanding general, Army Sustainment Commandat in 2018. Image: US Army photo.
By: FEDweek StaffThe Biden administration has chosen 232 winners from 31 agencies for the Presidential Rank Awards, top honors for career employees in the SES and equivalent levels.
There are two categories of awards, distinguished and meritorious, with one grouping for SES members and a smaller one for senior level/senior scientific or technical employees, commonly called senior professionals. The “distinguished” award, worth 35 percent of base pay, can be granted to no more than 1 percent of an agency’s employees in such positions and the “meritorious” award, worth 20 percent of base pay, to no more than 5 percent.
The announcement highlighted winners including (in its words):
* A State Department employee who led the unprecedented relocation of vulnerable people from Afghanistan in 2021, enabling the federal government to welcome 70,000 Afghans into the U.S. after security vetting.
* An Environmental Protection Agency employee who led research on disinfection of viral aerosols, ways to detect viruses on surfaces, ways to determine COVID-19 variants in wastewater, and developed antibody test kits.
* A NASA employee who revolutionized how batteries are designed, developed, and tested within crewed missions, setting the standard for all battery developments for human space flight missions.
The list of 2023 winners is here.
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