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Proc 9440ProclamationObama · DCeremonial

Proclamation 9440

Public Service Recognition Week, 2016

This proclamation designates May 1-7, 2016 as Public Service Recognition Week to honor federal, state, and local civil servants. It includes brief references to existing Obama administration workforce initiatives, including OPM action to 'ban the box' on federal job applications and cross-agency collaboration programs, but these are described as already underway rather than newly ordered.

Federal Register Open PDF 81 FR 26991

Impact dates

  1. Public Service Recognition Week begins

Key directives

  • Proclaim May 1 through May 7, 2016 as Public Service Recognition Week
  • Call upon all Americans to recognize public servants and observe through appropriate activities, events, and programs

Timeline

Immediate

  • Proclamation takes effect upon signing; ceremonial observance period designated for May 1-7, 2016

Near term (90d)

  • Public Service Recognition Week observance (May 1-7, 2016)

Long term

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Risks & tensions

  • Document references 'ban the box' and collaboration programs as past-directed or ongoing, not new commitments; vagueness about whether this proclamation creates any binding obligations beyond ceremonial designation
Proclamation 9440: Public Service Recognition Week, 2016 · Executive Orders