FBI DIRECTOR EXPANDS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BOARD -- (Extensions of Remarks - October 18, 2005)
SPEECH OF
HON. FRANK R. WOLF
OF VIRGINIA
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2005
Mr. WOLF. Mr. Speaker, two years ago, at the urging of the House Appropriations Committee, FBI Director Robert Mueller established the Director's Science and Technology Board made up of former senior-level intelligence and Department of Defense staff to provide independent advice to the director on emerging issues.
Among the members of the advisory board are: Arthur Money, former assistant secretary of defense for command, control, communications and intelligence and DOD's former chief information officer. Craig Fields, former chairman of the Defense Science Board, and John Hamre, president of CSIS and former deputy secretary of defense.
I want to congratulate Director Mueller for his recent announcement that he is expanding the membership of the board to include: Lee Hamilton, member of the President's Homeland Security Advisory Council, former vice chair of the 9/11 Commission, and former Congressman from Indiana. Charles Robb, former co-chair of the WMD Commission, former U.S. senator and former governor of Virginia. Richard Thornburgh, former U.S. attorney general, and former governor of Pennsylvania; and James Q. Wilson, who is the Ronald Reagan Professor of Public Policy at Pepperdine University in California, a professor emeritus at UCLA, and chairman of the Council of Academic Advisors of the American Enterprise Institute.
Along with expanding the membership of the board, Director Mueller has expanded its mission from focusing on science and technology to providing advice and counsel on overall management and the FBI's transformation since the September 11 terrorist attacks. I commend Director Mueller for establishing this board and seeking the input from these distinguished and experienced experts in order to improve the FBI.
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