From The White House - David S.C. Chu nominated to be Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness - Brief Article

Program Manager, May, 2001

The White House announced March 19 the President's intent to nominate a well-known executive throughout the defense acquisition and procurement community -Dr. David S.C. Chu - to be Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness. Chu is currently the Vice President, responsible for RAND's Army Research Division and Director of the Arroyo Center. He served as Assistant Secretary of Defense for Program Analysis and Evaluation from 1988 to 1993 and as Director of Program Analysis and Evaluation at the Department of Defense from 1981 to 1988. He has received the Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service, the Bronze Palm, and the Silver Palm. Chu received both his undergraduate degree and Ph.D. from Yale University.

Another announcement from The White House on March 22 was the President's intent to nominate Angela Styles to be Administrator of Federal Procurement Policy at the Office of Management and Budget. She is currently the Special Assistant to the Associate Administrator for Government-Wide Policy at the General Services Administration and was previously Counsel to the Government Contracts Group at Miller and Chevalier, chartered in Washington, D.C. From 1994 to 1996 she served as an Associate with the Government Contracts Group at Baker & Botts and was the Program Manager for the Central Office of Funds Management at the Texas Office of State Federal Relations from 1990 to 1991. She is a graduate of the University of Virginia and received her Law Degree from the University of Texas School of Law.

Editor's Note: This information is in the public domain at http://www.white house.gov/news/releases/2001.