[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 49 (Monday, March 23, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E734]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          THANKING JOE DAVID BERG FOR HIS SERVICE TO THE HOUSE

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                          HON. ROBERT A. BRADY

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, March 23, 2009

  Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania. Madam Speaker, on the occasion of his 
retirement on February 2, 2009, we rise to thank Mr. Joe David Berg for 
32 years of distinguished service to the United States House of 
Representatives. Joe has served this great institution as a valuable 
employee of House Information Resources (HIR), in the Office of the 
Chief Administrative Officer.
  Joe began his tenure with the United States House of Representatives 
in 1977 as a Senior Technical Aid working in the Configuration Planning 
and Management Section (CPMS). All computing capabilities were provided 
by a huge mainframe computer with hardware that filled a 10,000 square 
foot room. Joe provided technical support to the mainframe programmers 
as a member of the Programmer Assistance Team for ten years.
  Joe served the House in many different roles during his 32 years 
working at HIR. His expertise in the Configuration Planning and 
Management Section led to Joe becoming manager of that group. Joe 
served as assistant to the Operations Manager, where he implemented 
automated system monitoring and alerts. The use of automated monitoring 
tools was so effective that Joe continues to implement automated 
monitoring and alerts systems on current technology. Joe served as 
Security Manager of House systems for more than 2 years. He also served 
as Special Assistant in Communications, working on the budget, planning 
and coordination of Communications activities. In Technical Support, 
Joe provided direct support to Member offices with the National Change 
of Address service, better known as NCOA. The NCOA service, formerly 
operated by HIR, improves the accuracy of postal mailing lists. Joe 
currently serves as a Senior System Engineer on the Windows System 
Engineering team.
  Joe's excellent level of performance over the years gave him the 
opportunity to oversee and work on many complex projects to include 
building the AppManager monitoring system and was an active part of the 
design and build of the FinMart financial system that will become a 
part of the Atlas Project. Joe assisted in the initial build of the SQL 
database clusters that are the backbone of the majority of Windows 
based applications and websites for the House and is the primary 
engineer for the Windows based Active Server Page (ASP) and Moveable 
Type websites for Member and Committee offices. Joe single-handedly 
created sites for over 202 offices. He is also the primary engineer 
supporting the Federal Funds project. He has actively worked with our 
Virtualization effort in our ``Green the Capitol'' initiative and was 
instrumental in preliminary testing and subsequent implementation. He 
is one of the primary engineers for all hardware based efforts and 
server builds on the Infrastructure Team. He has provided countless 
consulting services to customers for various application and system 
creation projects.
  On behalf of the entire House community, we extend congratulations to 
Joe for many years of dedication and outstanding contributions to the 
United States House of Representatives. We wish Joe many wonderful 
years in fulfilling his retirement dreams.

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