[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 104 (Tuesday, June 26, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1417]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 TRIBUTE TO MR. RICHARD J. (JIM) BAILEY

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                          HON. J. RANDY FORBES

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 26, 2007

  Mr. FORBES. Madam Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to Mr. Richard 
J. (Jim) Bailey, who will retire from the Defense Logistics Agency's 
(DLA), Defense Supply Center Richmond (DSCR), Richmond, VA, on July 31, 
2007. Mr. Bailey's distinguished government career spans 32 years, and 
his record of achievement during this period reflects greatly upon 
himself and upon the organizations with which he has served. His 
contributions to national defense will be missed as he moves on to new 
and exciting opportunities.
  Mr. Bailey was appointed to the Senior Executive Service position of 
Deputy Commander, DSCR in July 2000. The DSCR is DLA's Managing Center 
for the Aviation Supply and Demand Chain that manages more than 25 
percent of DLA's 4 million consumable items. He provided leadership to 
more than 2,900 civilian and military personnel, located at 11 
different locations, performing logistics support management for over 
1.25 million national stock numbers. The customer base for the Aviation 
Supply and Demand Chain reaches worldwide with over 24,000 customers 
throughout the Department of Defense (DOD), other government agencies, 
and foreign militaries.
  A native of Philadelphia, PA, Mr. Bailey has followed a diverse 
career path of increasing responsibility culminating in his appointment 
as Deputy Commander. In 1975, he entered the Federal service as an 
inventory management specialist trainee a the Defense Industrial Supply 
Center in Philadelphia, PA, where his assignments included inventory 
management specialist, supply systems analyst, and senior supply 
systems analyst. In 1986, Mr. Bailey moved to the Defense Supply Center 
Richmond to serve as the Chief of the Requirements Systems Management 
Branch of the Supply Operations Directorate. He subsequently held 
positions as Chief of the Distribution Systems Management Branch, the 
Logistics Programs Division Chief, and Deputy Director.
  In 1995, Mr. Bailey became the Director of the Business Management 
Directorate, where he served for 2 years. He moved to become the 
Director of Planning and Resource Management in 1997. Mr. Bailey was 
selected as Deputy Executive Director for Procurement in 1998 and then 
Deputy Director of Business Operations. He also served as the Deputy 
Administrator of the Information Processing Center, Richmond, before 
this mission was transferred to the Defense Information Systems Agency.
  In 1999, Mr. Bailey was appointed as DSCR's Business Supply Manager 
and served as DSCR's representative on the core integrated processing 
team for Business Systems Modernization. In this capacity, he played an 
important role in developing a recommendation for using Commercial-Off-
The-Shelf software for an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system to 
replace the Standard Automated Material Management System. Today, DLA 
is the only agency in the entire Department of Defense that has a 
successful ERP implementation, and Mr. Bailey played a critical role 
throughout the entire process.
  Mr. Bailey attended St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia, 
graduating in 1973 with a bachelor of science in Marketing-Management. 
He earned a master of business administration from La Salle University 
in 1988. He attended the Office of Personnel Management Federal 
Executive Institute in 1995 and the Senior APEX Orientation Program in 
2002. He is the recipient of numerous special achievement and 
performance awards.
  Madam Speaker, I am honored to ask my colleagues to join me in 
congratulating Jim Bailey on his retirement from Federal civil service. 
He is a remarkable public servant who has served our Nation, the 
Department of Defense, and the Defense Logistics Agency and continually 
epitomized the dedication and professionalism that make our Federal 
Government a model all over the world.

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