GOVERNOR Ralph DLG Torres on Tuesday proclaimed May 2-6, 2022 as Public Service Recognition Week.
Joining him in the proclamation signing ceremony were Office of Personnel Management Director Frances T. Torres-Salas, lawmakers, other officials, members of the Public Service Recognition Week Committee and government personnel.
Torres-Salas thanked the administration for supporting the Civil Service Commission, OPM, and the 2022 PSR Week Committee.
This year’s theme, “Standing Together to Serve Our Marianas,” honors government employees who, together, continue to persevere in the face of adversity.
“The people of the Commonwealth are served every single day by public servants at every level in the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches of government. These unsung heroes do the work that keeps our Commonwealth working,” the proclamation reads.
It adds that public employees take not only jobs, but oaths to perform their jobs to the best of their abilities.
“Public servants, including military reserve personnel, police officers, firefighters, corrections officers, customs and conservation officers, doctors, nurses, health care professionals and others, risk their lives each day in service to the people of the Commonwealth,” it says.
The proclamation also notes that public servants, including teachers, social workers, administrators, computer technicians, laborers, and countless other occupations, day in and day out, provide with efficiency and integrity, the diverse services demanded of their government by the people of the Commonwealth.
“Without these public servants at every level, continuity would be impossible in a democracy that regularly changes its leaders and elected officials,” it adds.
Governor Torres encouraged all citizens of the Commonwealth to recognize the accomplishments and contributions of all the hardworking and deserving public employees of the CNMI government.
“It’s true; the last couple of years have been very difficult for all of us, to say the least, scary. Nobody [wanted] to go to work. Nobody [wanted] to do anything. But I know that there have been several departments that have stepped up, employees that stepped up, put their lives on the line, [and] their families’ [lives]… On behalf of the administration, we truly appreciate the hard work, the dedication that you’ve put up in the last couple of years,” he said.
The governor said this proclamation and this weeklong celebration is a token of appreciation to public servants and their families.
“Some of you have done more than your share… So, again, thank you, and let’s continue to do great things,” Torres said in closing.
Gov. Ralph DLG Torres signs a proclamation designating May 2-6, 2022 as Public Service Recognition Week on Tuesday.
Gov. Ralph DLG Torres, joined by Office of Personnel Management Director Frances T. Torres-Salas, members of the Public Service Recognition Week Committee, lawmakers, other officials and government personnel pose for a photo after a proclamation signing for Public Service Recognition Week, Tuesday, at the administration building on Capital Hill.
