Contact Jordan LaPier Director (202) 495-3320 jlapier@ourpublicservice.org Partnership for Public Service Announces 2017 Service to America Medals Finalists May 7, 2017 The nonprofit, nonpartisan Partnership for Public Service today announced the 26 Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal finalists for 2017 ‘“ exceptional federal employees who are engaged in important work to strengthen the national defense, spur the economy, protect the environment, and advance the health, safety and welfare of Americans and others around the world.