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Often, I was called in the middle of the night by the 24-hour watch office and
told of reports coming in that may be pertinent to our draft. Then I would go
back to the Agency and update the report. I also spent several years recruiting
applicants for the Agency, traveling primarily to colleges or law schools to
interview graduating seniors. Toward the end of my career, I taught analysis,
administrative issues, orientation for new employees and other topics.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
I am John D. Sadler and I served in the Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) for 26 years. As an Engineer, my career began with a
private broadcast consulting engineering firm where I helped design
directional AM broadcast station antennas. After 10 years, I was offered a
position with the FCC in charge of approving the design and performance of
directional antenna systems submitted to the FCC by private broadcasters.
The purpose of directional AM systems is to cover a designated community
while avoiding interference with other co-channel and adjacent channel
stations. Every AM station has to comply to specific regulations before they
can obtain a broadcast license. Granting approval to a design ensured that the
public could receive a loud and clear radio signal to hear broadcast news and
events of interest to them. At the request of the National Association of
Broadcasters and the Society of Broadcast Engineers, I presented many
broadcast seminars throughout the country to educate the public on FCC rules
and regulations. I was awarded the E. Noel Luddy Award for “meritorious
service” by the Association of Federal Communications Consulting Engineer.
FEDERAL HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY
I am Dr. Thomas Lutton and I have served the U.S. Government in the
Federal Housing Finance Agency, the Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency, the Congressional Budget Office, the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, the
U.S. Dept. of Energy, and the National Marine Fisheries Service over the
course of 42 years, by providing expertise in quantitative economics and
econometrics. I retired from federal government in 2016.
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