Robert J. O'Neill, Jr. is president of the National Academy of Public Administration, a nonprofit organization chartered by Congress to improve the design and management of federal, state, and local governments. Since its founding in 1967, the Academy has been at the forefront of efforts to create more efficient, effective, and accountable government.

From May through September of 2001, Mr. O'Neill was on temporary assignment at the Office of Budget and Management as Counselor to the Director and Deputy Director on management issues and to coordinate various policy and program issues with government-wide management councils, including the President's Management Council, Chief Financial Officers Council, Chief Information Officers Council, Procurement Executives Council, and the President's Council on Integrity and Efficiency.

O'Neill served as Fairfax County Executive between 1997 and 2000. In that position, he oversaw Virginia's largest general-purpose local government with an annual operating budget of $2 billion and approximately 11,000 employees.

He is credited with developing a series of strategies aimed at revitalizing older residential communities and commercial areas within Fairfax County. In 1999, he launched a series of initiatives focused on performance and results management, including a pay system with variable awards based on performance.

O'Neill's "reinvention" of the government of Hampton, Virginia as city manager between 1984 and 1997 was widely recognized by organizations such as the National League of Cities and Public Technology, Inc. and by writers such as David Osborne and Ted Gaebler, authors of Reinventing Government. In the 1997 book Banishing Bureaucracy, by Osborne and Peter Plastrik, O'Neill's efforts form the basis of a chapter on "Creating an Entrepreneurial Culture" in government organizations. Among O'Neill's many accomplishments were a downtown and waterfront revitalization initiative and development of a nationally recognized "youth-at-risk" program.

In 2001 Mr. O'Neill received The Spirit of Public Service award - the highest award presented by The Maxwell School of Syracuse University. In 1996 he was the recipient of the prestigious National Public Service Award presented by the National Academy of Public Administration and the American Society for Public Administration. The award recognizes individuals who have made a difference in public administration for a sustained length of time. In 1997 O'Neill was elected as an Academy Fellow.

In the early 80s, O'Neill was the Director of Management Consulting Services for the Virginia offices of Coopers & Lybrand, one of the former "big six" accounting firms. Previously he served as regional manager for the Management Improvement Corporation of America, providing financial analysis and organizational restructuring support for cities and counties throughout Virginia.

O'Neill graduated summa cum laude from Old Dominion University with a bachelor's degree in political science in 1973. He received his Master's in Public Administration from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University in 1974. He is a 1984 graduate of The Executive Program of the Colgate Darden Graduate School of Business at the University of Virginia. In 1999 he was awarded an honorary doctorate of Laws from Old Dominion University.

On July 11, 2001, the United States Senate unanimously confirmed Kay Coles James to be Director of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management.

James most recently served as a Senior Fellow and Director of The Citizenship Project at the Heritage Foundation. She led Heritage’s efforts to restore a strong ethic of citizenship and civic responsibility and provided expert opinion to elected and appointed officials nationwide on issues affecting parents, their children and society. Prior to joining Heritage, James served as Dean of the School of Government at Regent University and Chair of the National Gambling Impact Study Commission. James served as Secretary of Health and Human Resources for former Virginia Governor George Allen where she designed and implemented Virginia's landmark welfare reform initiative. Under former President Bush, James was an Assistant Secretary for Health and Human Services. James has been active in the analysis, development and implementation of American public policy for the past 20 years in senior positions in the public and private sectors and is a frequent commentator and lecturer on a variety of domestic policy issues. Before serving in the Allen Administration, James was senior vice president of the Family

Research Council in Washington, DC. She also served under President George H. W. Bush as associate director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy and as assistant secretary for public affairs at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. She was appointed by President Reagan and reappointed by President George H. W. Bush as head of the National Commission on Children. James has served on the Fairfax County and Virginia State Boards of Education, as well as the boards of the Coalition of Christian Colleges and Universities, the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, and Young Life. She has also served on the boards of Amerigroup, Inc., PhyCor Inc., Focus on the Family, and the Center for Jewish and Christian Values.

A graduate of Hampton University in Hampton, VA., James is the author of three books. Never Forget is her 1993 autobiography. Her second book is Transforming America: From the Inside Out (1995). Her third book, on the subject of marriage, was written prior to her confirmation and published in the Fall of 2001. She lives in Arlington, VA, with her husband, Charles. They have three children.

Confirmed by the United States Senate on January 23, 2001, Office and Management and Budget Director Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. joined President George W. Bush's Cabinet as a member who combines Main Street experience and Pennsylvania Avenue credentials.

Prior to taking the helm at OMB, Daniels enjoyed a successful tenure at the pharmaceutical firm Eli Lilly & Co. There he managed North American operations - a multibillion-dollar business unit responsible for well over half of Lilly's sales - before being named senior vice president of corporate strategy and policy in 1997. As a top executive, Daniels kept costs in line, ensuring that Lilly had the flexibility necessary to remain a leader in its constantly evolving field. Daniels's corporate experience extends to numerous boardrooms, where he has advised firms ranging from Indiana National Bank to IPALCO Enterprises, Inc., an electricity provider.

Daniels, however, is no newcomer to Washington. During an earlier tour of duty, he served at the right hand of Indiana Senator Richard Lugar and as a top aide to President Reagan. In 1988, Daniels was considered a likely successor to fill the seat of Indiana Senator Dan Quayle, who was elected Vice President. Instead, Daniels chose to remain in Indiana as President

and Chief Executive Officer of the Indianapolis-based Hudson Institute, a research center that blends an appreciation for technology with a respect for traditional values. Daniels is the first Indiana Cabinet member since Doc Bowen, Secretary of Health and Human Services under President Ronald Reagan.

As OMB Director, Daniels has proved a key contributor to the President's vision for renewing America. Aside from directing Administration policy on management and budgetary issues, Daniels helped shape the historic tax relief bill President Bush signed into law last June. In the aftermath of September 11, Daniels oversaw the formulation and implementation of the airline rescue package. Currently, Daniels sits on the Homeland Security and National Security Councils.

Throughout his career, Daniels has remembered the importance of family and community. While at Lilly, he co-founded the Oaks Academy, a non-denominational Christian school for inner-city youth that is committed to academic excellence and racial reconciliation. Daniels has been active in various charities including Goodwill Industries, Choice Charitable Trust, and the Fund for Hoosier Excellence, a scholarship program for minority students who pursue their college education in Indiana.

Mitch and his wife Cheri have four daughters.

Rod Paige was confirmed by the United States Senate as the 7th Secretary of Education on January 20, 2001, following the inauguration of President George W. Bush.

Born in Monticello, Mississippi, Secretary Paige is the son of public school educators. He earned a bachelor's degree from Jackson State University in Mississippi and a Master's degree and a doctorate from Indiana University.

Although Secretary Paige first distinguished himself coaching college-level athletics, he always has been committed to public education and the preparation of teachers to excel in their profession. He served for a decade as Dean of the College of Education at Texas Southern University. He also established the university's Center for Excellence in Urban Education, a research facility that concentrates on issues related to instruction and management in urban school systems.

As a trustee and an officer of the Board of Education of the Houston Independent School District (HISD) from 1989 to 1994, Secretary Paige coauthored the board's A Declaration of Beliefs and

Visions, a statement of purpose and goals for the school district that called for fundamental reform through decentralization, a focus on instruction, accountability at all levels, and development of a core curriculum. A Declaration of Beliefs and Visions was the catalyst that launched the ongoing, comprehensive restructuring of HISD.

Secretary Paige became the superintendent of schools of HISD in 1994. As superintendent, Secretary Paige created the Peer Examination, Evaluation, and Redesign (PEER) program, which solicits recommendations from business and community professionals for strengthening school support services and programs. He launched a system of charter schools that have broad authority in decisions regarding staffing, textbooks, and materials. He saw to it that HISD paid teachers salaries competitive with those offered by other large Texas school districts. Secretary Paige made HISD the first school district in the state to institute performance contracts modeled on those in the private sector, whereby senior staff members' continued employment with HISD is based on their performance. He also introduced teacher incentive pay, which rewards teachers for outstanding performance and creative solutions to educational problems.

Secretary Paige has served on review committees of the Texas Education Agency and the State Board of Education's Task Force on High School Education, and he has chaired the Youth Employment Issues Subcommittee of the National Commission for Employment Policy of the U.S. Department of Labor. He is a member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. He is a former member of the Houston Job Training Partnership Council, the Community Advisory Board of Texas Commerce Bank, the American Leadership Forum, and the Board of Directors of the Texas Business and Education Coalition. Inside Houston named Secretary Paige one of "Houston's 25 most powerful people" in guiding the city's growth and prosperity.

Secretary Paige has been active on the Education Commission of the States, as well as the Council of the Great City Schools, which bestowed on him its Richard R. Green Award as the outstanding urban educator of 1999. In 2000 Secretary Paige received the Harold W. McGraw, Jr., Prize in Education for his extraordinary commitment to the improvement of education and the National Association of Black School Educators' Superintendent of the Year award. In 2001, he was named the National Superintendent of the Year by the American Association of School Administrators.

Nominated by President George W. Bush and confirmed by the United States Senate, Sean O'Keefe was appointed by the President as the 10th Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration on December 21, 2001. As Administrator, O'Keefe leads the NASA team and manages its resources, as NASA seeks to advance exploration and discovery in aeronautics and space technologies.

O'Keefe joined the Bush Administration on inauguration day and served as the Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget until December 2001, overseeing the preparation, management and administration of the Federal budget and government wide-management initiatives across the Executive Branch.

Appointed as the Secretary of the Navy in July 1992 by President George Bush, O'Keefe previously served as Comptroller and Chief Financial Officer of the Department of Defense since 1989. Before joining Defense Secretary Dick Cheney's Pentagon management team in these capacities, he served on the United States Senate Committee on Appropriations staff for eight years, and was Staff Director of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee. His public service began in 1978 upon selection as a Presidential Management Intern.

Sean O'Keefe is a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration and has served as chair of an Academy panel on investigative practices. He was a Visiting Scholar at the Wolfson College of the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom, a member of the Naval Postgraduate School's civil-military relations seminar team for emerging democracies and has conducted seminars for the Strategic Studies Group at Oxford University. He served on the national security panel to devise the 1988 Republican platform and was a member of the 1985 Kennedy School of Government program for national security executives at Harvard University.

In 1993, President Bush and Secretary Cheney presented him the Distinguished Public Service Award. He was also the recipient of the Department of the Navy's Public Service Award in December 2000. Sean O'Keefe was the 1999 faculty recipient of the Syracuse University Chancellor's Award for Public Service. He is the author of several journal articles, contributing author of "Keeping the Edge: Managing Defense for the Future," released in October 2000, and in 1998, co-authored "The Defense Industry in the Post-Cold War Era: Corporate Strategies and Public Policy Perspectives."

Sean O'Keefe earned his Bachelor of Arts in 1977 from Loyola University in New Orleans, Louisiana, and his Master of Public Administration degree in 1978 from The Maxwell School. His wife Laura and children Lindsey, Jonathan and Kevin, reside in northern Virginia.

Mike Causey has been the steady, no-nonsense "go to" source of critical information for federal employees for more than 20 years.

Prior to taking the helm of The Federal Diary at the Washington Post, Mike worked in a number of departments at the newspaper, serving as a reporter en route to becoming a columnist. Among his most interesting reporting assignments: covering the first Beatles concert in America, and coining the term "Inside the Beltway" shortly after being the first reporter to drive the entire length of the Washington, DC beltway in the mid 60s.

Mike has been a student of Korean and Japanese martial arts and once taught unarmed combat and self-defense.

Off duty he is the father of four adult children--two sons and two daughters--and, at last count, five brilliant grandchildren, including four granddaughters (with a set of identical twins) and a grandson.