[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 124 (Thursday, September 29, 2005)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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           THANKING FRANK MILASI FOR HIS SERVICE TO THE HOUSE

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                           HON. ROBERT W. NEY

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 29, 2005

  Mr. NEY. Mr. Speaker, on the occasion of his retirement in November 
2005, we rise to thank Mr. Frank Milasi for 28 years of distinguished 
service to the United States House of Representatives. Frank has served 
this great institution as a valuable employee at House Information 
Resources (HIR), in the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer.
  Throughout his career with HIR, Frank has held many positions of 
increasing responsibility. He began his tenure with the United States 
House of Representatives on August 1, 1977 as a Senior Programmer. 
While serving in HIR, Frank addressed long needed automation and 
reporting issues in each area of benefits administration, which enabled 
compliance with all House reporting and auditing requirements. Due to 
his development of the computer generated Revised Substitute Standard 
Form 2010 ``Notice of Change in Health Benefits Enrollment,'' the U.S. 
House of Representatives became one of the first Federal Agencies to 
have this form approved for use.
  Frank displayed great passion for his work by personally dedicating 
himself to ensuring that the Financial Management System (FMS) met the 
needs of the U.S. House of Representatives' payroll and Human Resources 
requirements. As a Senior Software Engineer, he applied his exceptional 
analytical and programming technical skills to the development, design 
and implementation of many payroll services provided to the House 
community. Included in these services is the NFC Thrift Savings Plan 
(TSP). Frank's work enabled the House to be one of only three 
government agencies that provided this benefit on time and correctly. 
Frank's expertise in FMS with over 900,000 lines of code has resulted 
in more than 3.5 million payroll payments. In addition, as he prepared 
to retire, Frank played a major role in the implementation of the new 
payroll and benefits system, HR Pay Links.
  His standard of excellence, dedication to passionate customer 
service, professionalism and ability to get the job done earned him 
three Distinguished Service Awards, the Chief Administrative Officer's 
highest honor. He is admired by the people he led and appreciated by 
those he served. May he always look back on his accomplishments with 
pride.
  On behalf of the entire House community, we extend congratulations to 
Frank for many years of dedication and outstanding contributions to the 
United States House of Representatives. We wish Frank many wonderful 
years in fulfilling his retirement dreams.

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