Paul A. Schneider
| Paul Allan Schneider | |
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| 4th Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security | |
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In office June 5, 2008 – February 11, 2009 |
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| President |
George W. Bush Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Michael P. Jackson |
| Succeeded by | Jane Holl Lute |
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Under Secretary for Management Department of Homeland Security |
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In office January 3, 2007 – June 5, 2008 |
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| President | George W. Bush |
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| Born | April 30, 1944 |
| Website | DHS Official site |
Paul Allan Schneider (born April 30, 1944, Brooklyn, New York) is a former Deputy Secretary for the Department of Homeland Security. He previously served as the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Under Secretary for Management. He was responsible for all the department’s budget, appropriations, expenditure of funds, accounting and finance; procurement; human resources and personnel; information technology systems; facilities, property, equipment, and other material resources; and identification and tracking of performance measurements.
Schneider served as Deputy Secretary for the Department of Homeland Security from June 5, 2008 to February 11, 2009.
Prior to coming to DHS, Schneider served as a defense and aerospace consultant where he led a congressionally directed study for NASA on the costs, risks and benefits of human space flight and a study of open architectures for the U.S. Navy. He led an independent review of the presidential helicopter replacement program, played a role in the administration’s effort to develop the plan for the Next Generation Air Transportation System and led reviews of Defense network centric warfare and interoperability programs. Schneider served as the Senior Acquisition Executive of the National Security Agency (NSA) from October 2002 to September 2003, where he was responsible for oversight and execution of signals intelligence and information security development and acquisition programs.
Schneider served as the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition from July 1998 to September 2002. He was responsible for the oversight and execution of Navy and Marine Corps research, development and acquisition programs with an annual budget in excess of $30 billion. During the administration transition he served as the acting Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisitions) for 8 months. From October 1994 to June 1998 Schneider served as the Executive Director and Senior Civilian of the Naval Sea Systems Command, the Navy’s largest shore organization. In this position, he was responsible for the day-to-day operations of an $18 billion a year, 70,000-person organization, including shipyards, laboratories, and engineering and test facilities.
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