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Lois Blevins, NCCSAFE Founder and Executive Director

The 2019 Secretary's Unit Award recognizes any unit within the Department with outstanding team achievements in operational areas such as law enforcement, aviation, cybersecurity, border patrol, and hiring, acquisition and information technology. The work will have resulted in measurable improvements in employee morale and engagement within and among members of the unit, superior performance, significant operational improvements, or notable innovation in support of DHS missions.

For ground breaking transformation in training initiatives and delivery of unprecedented levels of training to all Secret Service personnel.

Lois Blevins, NCCSAFE Founder and Executive Director

The 2019 Secretary’s Award for Excellence recognizes outstanding individual achievement or innovation by an employee engaged in work to advance the mission of the Department of Homeland Security. This work may have resulted in superior performance, significant operational improvements or notable innovation in support of Department of Homeland Security missions.

For developing the Suicide Education and Awareness Training, a robust suicide prevention training program in response to the yearly suicide death rate facing the USSS, which serves as a force multiplier by empowering employees to become active participants in suicide prevention.