{"id":7503,"date":"2018-11-01T08:20:44","date_gmt":"2018-11-01T12:20:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opsweb.wpengine.com\/?p=7503"},"modified":"2024-01-08T11:23:32","modified_gmt":"2024-01-08T16:23:32","slug":"one-key-lesson-from-the-2018-sammies-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourpublicservice.org\/blog\/one-key-lesson-from-the-2018-sammies-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"One lesson from the 2018 Sammies winners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Collaboration is the key to unlocking greater impact&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If there\u2019s a lesson&nbsp;government leaders can learn from the extraordinary achievements of the <a href=\"https:\/\/servicetoamericamedals.org\/honorees\/index.php#filter=.winner.y2018\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2018 Service to America Medals winners<\/a>, it\u2019s this: collaborate, collaborate, collaborate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n\nThis year\u2019s winners show how critical it is to&nbsp;work&nbsp;effectively&nbsp;with&nbsp;people and organizations that&nbsp;don\u2019t share the same email&nbsp;domain. By initiating partnerships among federal agencies and between government and the private sector, these&nbsp;accomplished&nbsp;federal&nbsp;employees&nbsp;expanded&nbsp;the impact of their work.\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-has-aspect-ratio wp-embed-aspect-16-9\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2018 Homeland Security and Law Enforcement Medal - Karen D. Dodge and Margaret Moeser\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/292215759?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-pps-gutenberg-blocks-multi-column multi-column-wrapper columns-rightThird\" data-column-count=\"2\" data-column-layout=\"rightThird\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>For years, Western Union turned a blind eye to criminals who used its money-transfer service to defraud consumers. <a href=\"https:\/\/servicetoamericamedals.org\/honorees\/karen-d-dodge-margaret-moeser-and-the-teams\/\">Margaret&nbsp;Moeser&nbsp;and Karen Dodge<\/a> teamed up to make sure the company wouldn\u2019t get away with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With their common interest in&nbsp;protecting&nbsp;consumers,&nbsp;Moeser&nbsp;from&nbsp;the Justice Department&nbsp;and&nbsp;Dodge from&nbsp;the Federal Trade Commission&nbsp;coordinated criminal and civil investigations proving&nbsp;Western Union\u2019s complicity.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Their teams&nbsp;shared&nbsp;information and resources&nbsp;where allowed by law,&nbsp;&nbsp;resulting&nbsp;in Western Union\u2019s forfeiture of $586 million\u2014the largest settlement by a money services business.&nbsp;Moeser and Dodge&nbsp;also tapped&nbsp;a&nbsp;network of investigators&nbsp;that&nbsp;included the U.S. Postal Service, IRS, the Department of Homeland Security, the Federal Reserve Office of Inspector General and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau&nbsp;as well as&nbsp;state and local law enforcement agencies.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Victims are now being reimbursed for the money they lost, and Western Union has promised to improve&nbsp;how it detects and prevents fraudulent transfers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"border-width:1px;border-color:#449d44;border-style:solid\" data-bg-color-opacity=\"25\" data-border-color=\"#449d44\" data-border-thickness=\"1\" class=\"wp-block-pps-gutenberg-blocks-styled-container pps-styled-container\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Check out the #Sammies2019 finalists<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p> Help us recognize federal employees&#8217; outstanding achievements&nbsp;by spreading the stories of the 2019 Service to America Medals finalists. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<a class=\"wp-block-pps-gutenberg-blocks-button pps-button rectangular_with_border with-none\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/servicetoamericamedals.org\/honorees\/\" data-label=\"Read more\" data-color=\"#F6F6F6\" data-color-opacity=\"100\" data-bg-color=\"#449d44\" data-bg-color-opacity=\"100\" data-graphic-position=\"before\" data-button-style=\"rectangular_with_border\" data-graphic-type=\"none\" data-type-of-url=\"page\" data-icon=\"\" style=\"color:#F6F6F6;border:1px solid #F6F6F6;background-color:#449d44\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span>Read more<\/span><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Collaboration is the key to unlocking greater impact&nbsp; If there\u2019s a lesson&nbsp;government leaders can learn from the extraordinary achievements of the 2018 Service to America Medals winners, it\u2019s this: collaborate, collaborate, collaborate. 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