The National Public Service Awards, the premier awards for excellence in public service at all levels of government, have been presented by the American Society for Public Administration and the National Academy of Public Administration. The awards honor individuals whose accomplishments are models of public service within and outside the work environment.
From the federal government, the 2007 winners are:
* Peter M. Blumberg, Ph.D., the head of the Molecular Mechanisms of Tumor Promotion Section In the National Cancer Institute’s Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Genetics, honored for ground-breaking research into the causes and treatment of cancer, inflammation, and pain, identifying promising scientists in biology and chemistry and reaching out to the deaf community.
* Barbara S. Dorf, the director, Office of Departmental Grants Management and Oversight in the Office of Administration within the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), honored for being at the forefront of efforts to move HUD to true public-private partnerships, establishing satellite broadcasting, webcasting, and cable television materials for HUD programs and introducing a model to measure performance and results of HUD’s grantees.
* James E. Hartwell, Jr., a program manager at the Air Force’s Hurlburt Field, in the Test and Evaluation Squadron, honored for planning, execution and reporting of assigned air and space operations, center test programs, and homeland defense initiatives.