Merit Systems Protection Board Chairman Susan Tsui Grundmann presents Sen. Daniel Akaka an honorary Theodore Roosevelt Award. (Photo courtesy of Sen. Akaka's Office)

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The Merit Systems Protection Board has presented Sen. Daniel K. Akaka with an honorary Theodore Roosevelt Award for his “dedicated service and lasting contributions to the Federal merit systems and Federal workforce.”

“I am honored by this award from the Merit Systems Protection Board, one of the most important government agencies for federal employees,” Akaka said.

“The laws the board enforces serve as key protections for the federal workforce while increasing government accountability,” he said. “I am proud of our accomplishments for America’s dedicated public servants, and I am so pleased the MSPB will be here to continue its important work long into the future.”

Akaka, chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, chaired a hearing Tuesday entitled “A Review of the Office of Special Counsel and the Merit Systems Protection Board,” at which MSPB Chairman Susan Grundmann and Special Counsel Carolyn Lerner testified.