Federal employee of the year awarded to retired Treasury Department official

David Lebryk, who was then the acting director of the U.S. Mint, speaks at the unveiling of the new U.S. nickel during a ceremony January 12, 2006, in Washington, DC. The new nickel, last of the Westward Journey Nickel Series, was the first U.S. coin featuring the image of a president facing forward instead of in profile.

The nonprofit group Partnership for Public Service has named David Lebryk, former fiscal assistant secretary at the Treasury Department, as federal employee of the year.

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