This week marks Public Service Recognition Week, but with talks about workforce cuts, extended pay freezes and other cuts to pay and benefits, it's easy for federal employees to feel unappreciated. Need a morale boost? Social networking website GovLoop teamed up with Code for America to create WeLovePublicService.org, a website that allows anyone -- you, your colleagues, your family or friends -- to recognize and thank government employees and military service members for the work they do every day.
The website also includes a video featuring citizens and a couple of celebrities expressing their appreciation for public servants.
What are you most appreciative of this Public Service Recognition Week?
Brittany Ballenstedt
Brittany Ballenstedt writes Nextgov's Wired Workplace blog, which delves into the issues facing employees who work in the federal information technology sector. Before joining Nextgov, Brittany covered federal pay and benefits issues as a staff correspondent for Government Executive and served as an associate editor for National Journal's Technology Daily. She holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from Mansfield University and originally hails from Pennsylvania. She currently lives near Travis Air Force Base, Calif., where her husband is stationed.
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