[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 86 (Thursday, June 30, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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  TRIBUTE TO WILLIAM H. CARROLL ON HIS RETIREMENT FROM FEDERAL SERVICE

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                              HON. JON KYL

                               of arizona

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 30, 1994

  Mr. KYL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor William H. Carroll, a 
distinguished gentleman who has faithfully and energetically served 
this Nation for the past 35 years in the Federal service. Mr. Carroll's 
career epitomizes the spirit of public service.
  Throughout the past 35 years, Bill Carroll has held many significant 
assignments in the Federal service. In addition to serving his country 
as a soldier in the U.S. Army from 1959 to 1961, he worked as a GS-5 
accounting technician for the Federal Housing Administration from 1963 
to 1964. From 1964 to 1966 he worked as a GS-7 computer programmer for 
the Treasury Department and later the U.S. Army. Bill Carroll served as 
a contracting officer, as a GS-13, for the Department of the Navy from 
1966 to 1971. Beginning his career as a Federal attorney, he served as 
a GS-14 assistant counsel for the Department of the Navy and then for 
the Marine Corps from 1971 to 1974. Following his tour with the Marine 
Corps, he served as an associate counsel for contracting, as a GM-15, 
at the Defense Logistics Agency from 1984 to 1986. In 1985, Bill 
Carroll entered the Senior Executive Service as DLA's special assistant 
for contracting integrity. He assumed his current position in 1985, 
while on detail from DLA, as general counsel of the then-Strategic 
Defense Initiative Organization.
  Mr. Carroll was initially detailed to SDIO in 1985 at a time when 
much of the organization was in its development stages, including the 
legal office. He has been the organization's only general counsel since 
the program's inception through its current evolution as the BMDO. He 
has made outstanding personal contributions to the Department of 
Defense, his country, and the international arena. He manages legal 
services provided to one of the most technologically complex and 
strategically important programs ever undertake by the DOD. He has 
personally participated and meticulously guided the program through a 
myriad of legal disciplines to include contract, fiscal, environmental, 
administrative, and international law. He has also been a stalwart 
manager of the program's Ethics and Fraud Prevention Program and 
Procedures. He has never wavered in his commitment to providing this 
nationally and internationally significant program the best legal 
advice and direction.
  Among his most important contributions have been his ability to 
ensure that all planned field tests and experiments of the BMD program 
have been in compliance with the United States' treaty obligations, 
including the Antibillistic Missile Treaty and Intermediate Range 
Nuclear Forces Treaty. Mr. Carroll and his staff have obtained the 
Department of Defense Treaty Compliance Certifications for over 50 
field tests and experiments. In each case he and his staff have 
demonstrated clear technical objectives and treaty compliance to 
Defense Department policy makers and legal advisers.
  BMDO's international activities have been strongly supported by Mr. 
Carroll's expertise and sage, legal advice. In this regard he has ably 
assisted Department of Defense negotiations of ``umbrella'' ballistic 
missile defense research agreements with the Governments of the United 
Kingdom, Germany, Israel, Italy, and Japan, as well as specific 
international agreements or award of project contracts to Government 
and industry entities within the countries of France, the Netherlands, 
and Russia.
  Mr. Carroll is a leader at the BMDO in fostering an ethical climate 
by his personal example, his vigilance, and his refusal to countenace 
unethical behavor. He championed equal opportunity for women and 
minorities in the Federal workplace throughout his career.
  On top of all his contributions to ensure good government, Bill 
Carroll has served as a positive role model for a new generation of 
Government attorneys, as well as all those men and women he has worked 
with over the years. As his service in the Federal Government comes to 
a close, I can honestly say that I know Bill Carroll has served with 
absolute distinction and integrity.

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