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transportation to assist them in firefighting, oil spills, chemical, biological and
radiological accidents, or weather-related situations.

I am Margarete Decker and I served in the Department of Defense at the
United States Army Garrison at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland.

During my 26 years of federal service, I served as a Budget Analyst in the
Resource Management Office involved in processing thousands of documents
paying for goods and services; analyzed execution of direct budgets; prepared

and entered cost transfers for labor; verified that obligations and expenditures
occurred on a timely basis in accordance with the obligation plans; and
corrected errors and reconciled ledgers so the budgets balanced. As an
appointed Certifying Official, I was responsible for certifying funds/payment

documents for multiple categories of payments and funds. My accurate and
efficient work in eliminating any funding miscalculation, saved the American
taxpayers millions of dollars.

I am James Dray and I served in the Department of the Navy. I was the
Project Engineer in the Bureau of Ships in Washington, D.C. I was part of a
ship and submarine design group, which did the design, wrote the

specifications for, supervised construction of, and rode the vessels as needed
to solve main propulsion problems. I also worked as Bearing and Seal
Section Head in the Naval Ship Engineering Center in Crystal City, Virginia.

I was Head of Tribology in the Naval Ship Research and Development Center,
in Annapolis, Maryland, which did research in fuels, lubricants and materials
for shop main propulsion systems. As the Engineer in charge, my dedication

saved the lives of our fighting men and women.

I am Patricia Farmer and my first experience with the federal government

began when I worked at the Navy Yard, Washington, D.C., during the
summers while attending college. My summer assignments as a clerk typist
included working for Household Goods and Patent Attorneys. Following
graduation, I began my 37-year career with the Department of Defense, the

National Security Agency. I started as a cryptanalytic technician and was
professionalized as a cryptanalyst, after meeting the required criteria. Most of
my career, however, was as a supervisor and manager of cryptanalytic

organizations at increasingly higher levels, ensuring that vital intelligence on a
variety of targets got to the appropriate levels and to the warfighters. As a
Division Chief, I managed 90 analysts. Toward the end of my career, I was

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