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Proc 10196ProclamationBiden · DCeremonial

Proclamation 10196

Public Service Recognition Week, 2021

President Biden proclaims May 2–8, 2021 as Public Service Recognition Week to honor federal, state, local, and tribal public servants. The proclamation includes a policy statement on protecting and empowering the federal workforce, referencing prior actions on COVID-19 safety, civil service protections, anti-discrimination measures, and a minimum wage increase for federal contractors.

Federal Register Open PDF 86 FR 23857

Impact dates

  1. Public Service Recognition Week begins

Key directives

  • Proclaim May 2 through May 8, 2021 as Public Service Recognition Week
  • Call upon all Americans to celebrate public servants

Timeline

Immediate

  • Proclamation designates May 2-8, 2021 as Public Service Recognition Week

Near term (90d)

  • Public Service Recognition Week observance (May 2-8, 2021)

Long term

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Risks & tensions

  • Proclamation blends ceremonial observance with substantive policy claims about workforce protections, potentially overstating direct policy effects of this document
  • References to prior executive actions are descriptive/recounting rather than new directives in this proclamation
Proclamation 10196: Public Service Recognition Week, 2021 · Executive Orders