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Potomac Local: Connolly Recognized for Government Workforce Efforts
May 9 2012
Congressman Gerry Connolly, D-11, will be honored for his support of the federal workforce and his efforts to promote good government at a ceremony Wednesday evening where he will receive the 2012 Public Service Award from the Public Employees Roundtable.
This is the first year the organization is handing out what will be annual awards.
Being honored with Connolly are Rep. Frank Wolf, R-10, and Senator Daniel Akaka of Hawaii. The Public Employees Roundtable (PER) is a non-partisan coalition of 30 organizations dedicated to the betterment of the federal workforce.
In choosing Connolly to receive the prestigious award, the PER selection committee cited his vocal and tireless championing of federal employees, legislation he sponsored aimed at bettering the federal workforce, and his willingness to stand up in Congress for federal workers against repeated assaults against their pay, their pensions, and their integrity.
“I am proud to stand with those who are advocates of the federal workforce and believe in the dignity and nobility of public service,” Connolly saidCongressman Gerry Connolly, D-11, will be honored for his support of the federal workforce and his efforts to promote good government at a ceremony Wednesday evening where he will receive the 2012 Public Service Award from the Public Employees Roundtable.
This is the first year the organization is handing out what will be annual awards.
Being honored with Connolly are Rep. Frank Wolf, R-10, and Senator Daniel Akaka of Hawaii. The Public Employees Roundtable (PER) is a non-partisan coalition of 30 organizations dedicated to the betterment of the federal workforce.
In choosing Connolly to receive the prestigious award, the PER selection committee cited his vocal and tireless championing of federal employees, legislation he sponsored aimed at bettering the federal workforce, and his willingness to stand up in Congress for federal workers against repeated assaults against their pay, their pensions, and their integrity.
“I am proud to stand with those who are advocates of the federal workforce and believe in the dignity and nobility of public service,” Connolly said