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being fully implemented and enforced. Previously, I served as Chief of the
International Division at the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (a
Treasury agency) where I supervised a group of intelligence research
specialists and special agents with international anti-money laundering
expertise in support of federal criminal investigations. My work throughout
my government career helped to make the world a safer place by making it
more difficult for terrorists, drug traffickers, other criminals, and criminal
organizations to finance their illicit activities. We achieved this by improving
tools available for detection and prosecution of criminal activity and by
ensuring that sufficient penalties were in place to sanction illicit financial
activity linked to terrorism, drug trafficking, fraud, and other major crimes.
I am Daniel H. McGrath and I served in the Departments of Treasury, State
and Labor for over 42 years. I am a proud second generation member of a
three generation federal family. I am also the most recent Past President of
the Maryland Federation of the National Active and Retired Federal
Employees Association (NARFE). During my 38 years with Treasury, I held
positions that included Assistant Chief Disbursing Officer for Financial
Services, Senior Advisor for Cash Management, Director of Budget, and
Chief Operating Officer for the Financial Implementation Team for Electronic
Commerce, to name a few. My Treasury service was complemented by brief
details to the Department of State as an auditor. In addition, I worked for the
Farmers Home Administration during the Reagan Administration as Assistant
Deputy Administrator for Administration and Financial Services. In all the
programs I managed, I saved the American taxpayer hundreds of millions of
dollars, all returned to the United States Treasury.
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
I am Dr. George Dwyer and I served in the Department of Veterans Affairs. I
am an Emmy Award winning national news producer. At the VA, I wrote and
produced news and feature reports for “The American Veteran,” a monthly
magazine-style television broadcast designed to inform, inspire and empower
a target audience of some 27 million U.S. Veterans and their families. My
mission in all my productions was to serve Veterans and their families. My
work helped to improve Veterans’ access to quality and timely care, for their
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