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ITA Commended for High School
Internship Program

The National Academy Foundation of Information
Technology at McKinley Technology High School,
in NE, Washington, D.C., extends their thanks to the
International Trade Administration (ITA) Office of
the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) for its efforts in
supporting a number of students with an internship
experience this summer. ITA/OCIO kicked off its first
year welcoming 20 students between the ages of 15-17
to work a six-week internship. MIL employee, Autumn
Banks served as the program coordinator supporting
and maintaining the program, ITA managers, and
the interns. McKinley awarded Autumn, along with
Joe Paiva, Chief Information Officer, ITA, and other
organizations, a certificate of appreciation at their
evening event held on October 6th, 2015. Currently, Autumn is helping ITA to prepare for the kickoff of its second intern session in
December during the students’ holiday break. Autumn has also become a mentor to three of the students from the program, and is
working to provide them with support in college preparation, community service opportunities, and personal development.

New hires for the Engineering and
Technical Services (ETS) Sector

Business is booming for the Research, Development, Test, and
Evaluation (RDT&E) contract. Our customer is now supporting
the Fleet Readiness Centers in Jacksonville, FL and Cherry Point,
NC, not to mention expanding support being provided to labs
and customers at the PAX River, MD; Lakehurst, NJ; and Orlando
FL locales. During the last quarter, MIL also expanded our
support to the Central Travel Agency (CTA), which is also sited at
PAX. To handle all of this recent growth, the ETS Sector had the
opportunity to welcome several new employees to our ranks.

We would like to welcome these new staff members that are
supporting the Naval Air Warfare Center, Aircraft Division
(NAWCAD) at various sites:

• Autumn Abella and Amanda Purcell – Autumn and • Trevor Metclafe – Trevor also supports the RDT&E contract
Amanda are assigned to CTA. Autumn is a member of the at PAX as a member of the Joint Mission Testing Capability
Authorizations Review Team and Amanda is a member of the Center staff.
Help Desk team. They both support the Naval Air Systems
Command and NAWCAD at PAX. • Jacob Boles, Cynthia Dorsey and Steve Salerno – Jacob, Cindi,
and Steve will be supporting the Triton effort at PAX. We are
• Marco Cuccinotta and Ricky Updike – Marco and Ricky also happy to welcome back Dominique Ross and Nicholas
are supporting the RDT&E contract at PAX and will be Wilson who will be supporting the Triton team over the winter
supporting the Air Interoperabilty Center. break.

• Tyler Clark and Charles “CJ” Huseman – Tyler and CJ We would like to extend a warm welcome to all of our
support the RDT&E contract at PAX as part of the Network new hires!!
Operations Security Center team.

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