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Dammeyer Named as Department of Transportation Member to the NCS Council of Representatives

Arlington, VA, April 25, 2005 - The Department of Transportation named Michael Dammeyer to the National Communications System’s Council of Representatives.

The NCS Committee of Principals is a presidentially designated interagency group that provides advice and recommendations on national security and emergency preparedness telecommunications to the Executive Office of the President. It is composed of high-level Government officials representing 23 Federal operational, policy, regulatory, and enforcement organizations.

Mr. Dammeyer is the Telecommunications Manager at the Department of Transportation working under the Office of the Chief Information Officer. Over the past four years, Mr. Dammeyer has provided guidance and leadership in the operations and architectural design areas of communications at the headquarters level and provides technical and coordinates support for the departments Continuity of Operations.

Specifically, Mr. Dammeyer provides leadership and strategic direction to the Departments Information Technology (IT) program. Responsibilities include the operations of the telecommunications systems supporting the Washington, D.C. area infrastructure. He supports voice, video data and wireless applications using best practices for evaluating technical solutions and leads the departments priority communications initiatives. His current responsibilities are inclusive of the IT infrastructure for the Department’s new headquarters building to be located at the Southeast Federal Center.

Previously, Mr. Dammeyer served at the Department of Transportation as the Site Project Manager for GTE/Verizon. The position included the supervision and implementation of the IT and communications systems that are currently providing service to the Department of Transportation. He was also a technical support engineer with Northern Telecom supporting various government and commercial accounts.

He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Education from the University of Maryland in 1982.

The National Communications System, part of the Department of Homeland Security’s Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection Directorate, consists of 23 Federal member departments and agencies and is responsible for ensuring the availability of a viable national security and emergency preparedness (NS/EP) communications infrastructure.

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