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NCS Member Agencies Name New COP, COR Representatives

Arlington, VA., November 20, 2006 - The National Communications System today announced three new members to its Committee of Principals (COP) and two to its Council of Representatives (COR). These new committee members, appointed by their Federal agencies, serve and advise the President on national security and emergency preparedness telecommunications issues affecting the Nation.

Vice Admiral Nancy Brown, Director of Command, Control, Communications and Computer Systems (J6) for the Joint Staff, replaced retired Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Robert Shea as the Joint Staff committee principal. Prior to her Pentagon arrival, Brown was assigned to U.S. Northern Command at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. There, she served as Director of Command Control Systems, Headquarters North American Aerospace Defense Command. She was also Director of Architectures and Integration, Headquarters U.S. Northern Command, and served as the Commander, Navy Element and Chief Information Officer for both commands.

Aiding Vice Admiral Brown on the NCS Committee of Principals is Army Major Susan Camoroda, appointed by Brown to serve as her representative to the Council of Representatives. Camoroda serves as an action officer in the Joint Staff, J6 (Current Operations Division). A career Army communications officer, she is the principle Joint Staff liaison officer for U.S. Northern Command, the Department of Homeland Security, and the National Communications System.

In addition to the new Joint Staff appointments, the NCS added two additional Committee of Principals members. One is Gary Wall, who serves as the Senior Technical Officer in the Chief Technology Office for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Wall, who serves as the lead telecommunications official for HHS, replaces Robert Blitzer, who retired from HHS earlier this year. Additionally, Wall will serve on the Council of Representatives, which conducts much of the committee’s working business on recommendations that are reviewed and approved by the committee.

Finally, the General Services Administration (GSA) named James A. Williams to replace Margaret Binns as its Committee of Principals member. Williams is the GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service Commissioner and oversees a Federal service that represents several GSA business lines. The Federal Acquisition Service is focused on local customer service delivery and increased efficiencies that enable GSA to better serve customer agencies. Prior to his arrival at GSA, Williams became the first Director of the U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (US-VISIT) program at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

The NCS Committee of Principals is composed of high-level Government officials representing Federal operational, policy, regulatory, and enforcement organizations. Its diverse representation across 23 Federal departments and agencies embraces the full spectrum of Federal telecommunications assets and responsibilities.

As an interagency group, it serves as a forum for members to review, evaluate, and present views and recommendations on current or prospective NCS programs to the Manager, NCS, the Executive Agent (the Secretary of Homeland Security), and the Executive Office of the President (EOP).
The committee is chaired by DHS Under Secretary George W. Forseman in his role as Manager of the National Communications System.

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