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I am Randall A. Jackson and I started my Federal career in February 1976 as
an accident investigator with the National Transportation Safety Board in

Denver, Colorado. In April of 1977, I was promoted to a GS-13 and
reassigned to Kansas City, Missouri. I was the victim of a Reduction in Force
(RIF) in April of 1982. I was then hired by the Federal Railroad
Administration in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, as an Operating Practices Safety

Inspector. I was promoted to a GS-13 Chief Inspector in 2001.

I received the Secretary of Transportation Award for Community Service in

1997. I was awarded the Superior Achievement Award for development of
inspection procedures in 1995. I was awarded the Inspector of the Year Award
in 1999. I was the instructor on proper procedures to ensure compliance of

drug and alcohol testing, reporting of employee injuries and reporting of train
accidents. I was one of many inspectors who investigated the collision of an
Amtrak train and three Conrail locomotives at Gunpowder River in Maryland,
that killed 18 people and injured several others. I was the Operating Practices

Inspector that investigated the collision of a Soo Line freight train and a
pickup truck at a road crossing in White Bear Lake, Minnesota, which resulted
in the death of Vice President Walter Mondale's niece. It was a very interesting

28 years of service to my country.

I am Ed Melisky and I served in the Federal government for 32 years as an
environmental analyst. I was responsible for assessing how proposed

infrastructure would affect the Nation’s environmental resources (e.g.,
Federally-protected Endangered Species Act, air and water quality, wetland,
historic properties, coastal resources, etc.). I served as an Environmental

Protection Specialist (EPS) with the U.S. Coast Guard (4 years), an Aquatic
Biologist with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (6 years), and an
EPS for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) (22 years). My job was to

ensure that actions under the authority of my employing agency met the
requirements of Federal laws, regulations, and executive orders that protect
the country’s environmental resources. While doing this, I worked with the

public, personnel from all governmental levels, and analysts in private
engineering and environmental consulting firms to address the environmental
consequences of major hydropower and transportation-related (bridges and
airports) infrastructure projects.

Over time, these experiences provided me with the expertise needed to
develop and refine FAA instructions on how FAA personnel assess airport-

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