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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 14, 2002
Contact Bill Shields, (202) 347-3190
Former U.S. Attorney General
Chairs Academy Panel
The National Academy of Public
Administration announces that it is assessing the recently
announced Federal Bureau of Investigation reorganization plan.
An Academy panel, chaired by former U.S. Attorney General
Richard H. Thornburgh, is conducting the congressionally-
requested, expedited assessment. It will provide testimony
on the major findings at a public hearing before the House
Committee on Appropriations, scheduled for June 21.
On May 29, 2002, the FBI notified
Congress that it was prepared to move forward with the second
phase of its planned reorganization, and to reprogram appropriated
funds in support of that reorganization. The Appropriations
Committee has requested that the Academy examine four specific
areas related to the agency's plan:
1. the realignment of resources
to meet FBI's redefined mission
2. the reorganization's impact on other law enforcement agencies
3. the implications for FBI performance management and its
use of human capital and technology
4. whether the reorganization addresses new data sharing requirements
among federal agencies
Joining Thornburgh on the Academy
panel are Robert Alloway, former Professional Staff Member
on the House Subcommittee on Government Management, Information,
and Technology; Kristine Marcy, former Chief Operating Officer
at the Small Business Administration and Senior Counsel for
Detention and Deportation at the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization
Service; Academy President Robert J. O'Neill, Jr.; and Harold
Saunders, Director of International Affairs at the Kettering
Foundation, who also held prior positions with the U.S. Department
of State and National Security Council.
The National Academy of Public
Administration is an independent, nonprofit organization chartered
by Congress to improve governance at all levels: local, regional,
state, national, and international. Its membership of more
than 500 Fellows includes public managers and scholars, business
executives and labor leaders, current and former cabinet officers,
members of Congress, governors, mayors, state legislators,
and diplomats. Since its establishment in 1967, the Academy
has assisted hundreds of federal agencies, congressional committees,
state and local governments, civic organizations, and institutions
overseas through problem solving, objective research, rigorous
analysis, information sharing, developing strategies for change,
and connecting people and ideas.
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