Public Service Recognition Week, 2020

Proclamation 10025 of May 1, 2020

Public Service Recognition Week, 2020

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

During Public Service Recognition Week, we pay tribute
to our Federal, State, and local government employees
for their unwavering dedication to civil service. On
the front lines in times of prosperity and adversity
alike, our world-class workforce remains ready and
willing to serve their fellow Americans. At all levels
of government, our civilian personnel have made our
Nation stronger and more prosperous.

In recent weeks and months, our Nation's civilian
officials have united with unprecedented urgency and
resolve to respond to the coronavirus pandemic. Their
tireless efforts are ensuring Federal, State, local,
and tribal governments continue to provide necessary
services to their constituents, are helping forge
productive government-private sector partnerships, and
are bolstering our ongoing recovery efforts. Our public
health experts, who always play an integral role in
protecting the health and wellbeing of our people, have
provided critical and timely guidance to Americans on
how to stay healthy and prevent the spread of the
coronavirus. Emergency managers, first responders, and
law enforcement are continuing to provide life-saving
care, comfort, and support to those affected. Postal
workers are delivering essential supplies and
communications. Sanitation workers are keeping our
communities clean. School teachers and educators are
continuing to provide virtual education and support to
students. And countless other public servants are
diligently and humbly supporting our American way of
life during this crisis. Through their dedicated
efforts, the American people are protected and
supported despite the unprecedented challenges we face.

As we start to see a promising forecast and eventual
recovery--thanks in large part to the extraordinary
sacrifices the American people have made on behalf of
their fellow citizens--we can begin the critical work
of reopening our country. We know that our public
service employees will play a crucial role in
restarting our economy and getting our society fully
revitalized, while also protecting American lives. My
Administration remains committed to supporting these
men and women at all levels of government during this
process, ensuring they have the resources and
information they need to continue serving the American
people while also safeguarding their own wellbeing.
Together, we will complete the work of rebuilding and
restoring our Nation.

This Public Service Recognition Week, we are especially
grateful to our devoted public servants. Their
experience, expertise, and commitment to service will
lift our Nation up during these difficult times and
help ensure a swift recovery. We will forever be
indebted to them for their hard work, dedication, and
courage, always remembering their irreplaceable
contributions to our people and our country.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the
United States of America, by virtue of the authority
vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the
United States, do hereby proclaim May 3 through May 9,
2020, as Public Service Recognition Week. I call upon
Americans and all Federal, State, tribal, and local
government agencies to recognize

the dedication of our Nation's public servants and to
observe this week through appropriate programs and
activities.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
first day of May, in the year of our Lord two thousand
twenty, and of the Independence of the United States of
America the two hundred and forty-fourth.