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The Cold War Recognition Certificate was authorized by the United States Congress in 1997 to recognize "all members of the Armed Forces and qualified Federal government civilian personnel who faithfully and honorably served the United States during the Cold War Era from September 2, 1945, to December 26, 1991". [1]
Non-federal employees in states can vary based on unique circumstances: for example, as of 2014, Wyoming had the most per capita public employees due to its public hospitals, followed by Alaska which has a relatively high number of highways and natural resources. [3]
Civilian Public Service firefighting crew at Snowline Camp near Camino, California, 1945. The Civilian Public Service (CPS) was a program of the United States government that provided conscientious objectors with an alternative to military service during World War II.
A hiring authority is the law, executive order, regulation that allows an agency to hire a person into the federal civil service. In fiscal year 2014, there were 105 hiring authorities in use. The following were the top 20 hiring authorities used that year, which accounted for 91% of new appointments: [8]
World map of alliances in 1970 The 1975 Apollo-Soyuz space rendez-vous, one of the attempts at cooperation between the US and the USSR during the détenteThe Cold War (1962–1979) refers to the phase within the Cold War that spanned the period between the aftermath of the Cuban Missile Crisis in late October 1962, through the détente period beginning in 1969, to the end of détente in the ...
United Nations Public Service Award, 2014. The United Nations (UN) Public Service Award is the most prestigious international recognition of excellence in public service. [citation needed] It rewards the creative achievements and contributions of public service institutions that lead to a more effective and responsive public administration in countries worldwide.
This led to a series of historic space exploration milestones, and most notably the Apollo Moon landings from 1969 by the United States, which astronaut Frank Borman later described as "just a battle in the Cold War." [161] The public's reaction in the Soviet Union was mixed. The Soviet government limited the release of information about the ...
American Cold War policy architect [181] F. Ray Keyser Sr. 1898–2001: 102: American politician [182] Roedad Khan: 1923–2024: 100: Pakistani politician and civil servant [183] Muhammad Aslam Khan Khattak: 1908–2008: 100: Pakistani politician [184] Thanat Khoman: 1914–2016: 101: Thai Foreign Minister [185] Kim Yong-ju: 1920–2021: 101