Contact Jordan LaPier Director (202) 495-3320 jlapier@ourpublicservice.org Sammie awards honor NIH genetics pioneer and other exceptional federal employees October 12, 2018 The 17th annual Service to America Medals (nicknamed the Sammies) will be awarded to eight standout federal employees on Tuesday night, providing some limelight to a pioneer disease geneticist, a team that foiled wire fraud schemes and designers of air traffic control systems for drones.