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The individual selected as Department FSN of the Year receives a certificate signed by the Secretary of State and a cash award of $10,000. The remaining five Regional Bureaus winners/runners up will receive a certificate signed by the Assistant Secretary of their respective Regional Bureau and a cash award of $2,500.
The Presidential Unit Citation (PUC), originally called the Distinguished Unit Citation, is awarded to units of the uniformed services of the United States, and those of allied countries, for extraordinary heroism in action against an armed enemy on or after 7 December 1941 (the date of the Attack on Pearl Harbor and the start of American involvement in World War II).
EPA Gold Medal for Exceptional Service (individual and group) EPA Silver Medal for Superior Service (individual and group) EPA Bronze Medal for Commendable Service (individual and group) EPA Distinguished Career Service Award Paul G. Keough Award for Administrative Excellence Glenda A. Farmer Award for Exemplary Technical Support
The Distinguished Honor Award is an award of the United States Department of State and USAID. Similar versions of the same award existed for the former U.S. Information Agency and Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. It is presented in recognition of exceptionally outstanding service or achievements of marked national or international significance.
The Distinguished Service Cross is awarded to a person who, while serving in any capacity with the Army (or in the Air Force, before 1960), distinguishes themselves by extraordinary heroism not justifying the award of a Medal of Honor; while engaged in an action against an enemy of the United States; while engaged in military operations involving conflict with an opposing/foreign force; or ...
The Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service is the highest award that is presented by the United States Secretary of Defense to a private citizen, politician, non-career federal employee, or foreign national. It is presented for exceptionally distinguished service of significance to the Department of Defense as a whole, or ...
Distinguished Civilian Medal for Valor Superior Civilian Medal for Valor Angela M. Houtz Medal for Fallen Civilians Captain Robert Dexter Conrad Award for Scientific Achievement Distinguished Achievement in Science Award Distinguished Public Service Award Superior Public Service Award Meritorious Public Service Award
The order was established to recognise individual instances of meritorious or distinguished service in war. It is a military order, and was, until recently, typically awarded to officers in command above the rank of major (or equivalent), with awards to lower ranks usually being for a high degree of gallantry, just short of deserving the ...