Presidential Document2024-10526
Public Service Recognition Week, 2024
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May 13, 2024
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May 3, 2024
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 93 (Monday, May 13, 2024)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 41291-41292]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-10526]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 89 , No. 93 / Monday, May 13, 2024 /
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Proclamation 10749 of May 3, 2024
Public Service Recognition Week, 2024
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Our Nation's over 20 million public servants work hard
to deliver for our families, communities, and country.
Their work matters to people's everyday lives: They
keep neighborhoods safe and the buses running, and
build futures for people in their hometowns. They are
the lifeblood of our democracy, acting as brave first
responders, election workers, and service members
defending our country. This week, we recognize our
Nation's public servants, who do the humble yet
critical work of keeping our country running.
When I came into office, our country was facing an
unprecedented crisis--a pandemic was raging and the
economy was reeling. But we turned things around--in no
small part because of our public servants. I signed the
American Rescue Plan, providing $350 billion to ensure
public servants could stay on the job. That money put
more police officers in our communities and more
teachers and education support professionals in our
schools. It went directly to every community in America
so public servants could decide how to best help their
communities. Because of public servants' work, child
care centers stayed open, families stayed in their
homes, and small businesses stayed afloat. At the same
time, this legislation also made one of the biggest
investments ever in public safety. Our public servants
have done an incredible job of putting these resources
to work by hiring more officers for accountable,
effective community policing and supporting violence
intervention programs that help prevent crime in the
first place. Together, we created new jobs, new
businesses, and new hope for folks across the country.
Our Nation relies on our public servants every day, and
they deserve to be treated with dignity and respect.
That is why I issued an Executive Order to increase the
minimum wage for Federal employees to $15 per hour,
ensuring our public servants are paid fairly while also
attracting more competitive applicants to these
critical roles. I established a White House Task Force
on Worker Organizing and Empowerment, led by Vice
President Harris, to strengthen the right to organize
and bargain collectively, including for Federal
Government workers. Further, I launched a Government-
wide initiative to promote diversity, equity, and
inclusion in the Federal workforce so that it reflects
all the communities we serve. My Administration
finalized a rule prohibiting Federal agencies from
considering an applicant's current or past pay when
determining their future salaries--eliminating gender
and racial pay inequities that can otherwise follow
those seeking a job in public service. To ensure all
Federal employees feel safe and supported in the
workplace, I took executive action to protect Federal
employees from discrimination on the basis of their
gender identity or sexual orientation--pushing the
Federal Government to become the model employer it can
and should be.
My Administration has also taken significant action to
provide student debt relief--giving our public servants
some well-deserved breathing room. I fixed the Public
Service Loan Forgiveness Program, which was designed to
make sure public servants could get their student loans
forgiven once they made payments for 10 years. When I
took office, only 7,000 public servants had
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had their debts forgiven--it was past time to fix it.
Thanks to my Administration's reforms, nearly 876,000
public servants have had their student debts forgiven.
We must do more to protect our Nation's public
servants, who provide the expertise necessary for our
democracy to function. To guarantee that career civil
servants can continue to share their expertise and keep
our democracy working, my Administration finalized a
rule to protect the jobs of 2.2 million career civil
servants--no matter who is in office.
Meanwhile, my Administration is working to empower and
strengthen the career Federal workforce more than ever
before. My Budget includes a focus on hiring more
public servants into mission critical jobs, helping
provide better services to the American people.
This week, I hope all the public servants feel proud.
Across the country, we are seeing new shovels in the
ground, people going to work, and families thriving.
People are feeling pride in their hometowns and their
country again and in knowing that we can get big things
done when we work together. We are witnessing the
greatest comeback our country has ever known--in no
small part because of the hard work and dedication of
our Nation's public servants.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., 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 5 through
May 11, 2024, as Public Service Recognition Week. I
call upon all Americans to celebrate public servants
and their contributions this week and throughout the
year.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
third day of May, in the year of our Lord two thousand
twenty-four, and of the Independence of the United
States of America the two hundred and forty-eighth.
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