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Falvey Named Chief of NCS Customer Service Division

WASHINGTON, D.C., April 25, 2003 -Thomas J. Falvey today was named Chief, Customer Service Division for National Communications System (NCS). The NCS is part of the Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection (IAIP) Directorate, Department of Homeland Security.

Mr. Falvey, who until recently served with the Department of Transportation as Deputy Director of the Office of Intelligence and Security, replaces Air Force Colonel Wilson D. Crafton. Colonel Crafton remains with the NCS and serves as a military liaison officer assigned to address issues with the Department of Defense, the Joint Staff, Office of the Secretary of Defense, and DHS.

While at the Transportation Department, Mr. Falvey served for over 12 years leading Department actions to develop and implement National Homeland Security and Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) policies, strategies, and processes. He has led Transportation Department CIP efforts in transportation security, critical infrastructure protection, key asset identification and protection, physical and information security, weapons of mass destruction, counter and anti-terrorism, consequence management, continuity of operations, and emergency planning and response.

His close, effective working relationship with the transportation sector and the establishment of Information Sharing and Analysis Centers led to the rapid, cooperative industry homeland security response to the September 11 attacks. Mr. Falvey also served with distinction as a commissioner on the President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection from 1996 to 1997.

Before arriving in the Secretary of Transportation's office, Mr. Falvey held several civilian positions at the U.S. Coast Guard. A recently retired Captain in the Coast Guard Reserve, he commanded four Coast Guard reserve units, served in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, and led the Coast Guard Reserve response to the events of September 11 as the Reserve Chief of Staff, Commander, Coast Guard Atlantic Area.

Mr. Falvey graduated from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy and holds a Master's Degree in transportation management from the State University of New York.

Photo by Donna Burton, Defense Information Systems Agency.

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