[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 168 (Friday, November 4, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E2005-E2006]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     HONORING MR. PHILIP MELVIN UPON THE OCCASION OF HIS RETIREMENT

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                         HON. DANIEL E. LUNGREN

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, November 4, 2011

  Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise to highlight 
the career of Mr. Philip Melvin (Phil) for his thirty years of 
distinguished service to the United States House of Representatives. 
Phil has served this great institution as a valued employee of House 
Information Resources (HIR) in the Office of the Chief Administrative 
Officer (CAO).
  Phil began his tenure with the House in 1981 as a Mainframe Computer 
Operator. Diligently rising through the ranks, Phil was eventually 
selected to be the Lead Computer Operator. His duties entailed bringing 
the House's systems online, recognizing and diagnosing hardware and 
software problems, maintaining quality control of printed output, and 
training new Operations Staff. Mainframe operations were the heart of 
the House's emerging Information Technology Infrastructure.
  Phil's technical expertise and delivery of mainframe operational 
services led to his appointment as a Mainframe Systems Programmer, 
whereby he provided the system tools and computer resources required to 
host the House's mission critical internal applications on the 
mainframe.
  In the early 90's, Phil was selected to support a Distributed Systems 
Support Project, which required him to support the multiple e-mail 
systems then in use by the House. Phil was responsible for managing the 
main system that allowed Members to send/receive mail from several 
different e-mail systems. In

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1995, he became part of the team that successfully merged all of the 
House's e-mail systems into one enterprise service. He then became the 
lead in implementing the Enterprise Fax system for the House which 
allowed Member offices to receive and send their faxes via e-mail. Phil 
has helped make the House e-mail and Enterprise Fax systems the 
reliable services the House relies on today. Continuing on the leading 
edge of technology, Phil's most recent duties were instrumental in the 
House's successful evolution to server virtualization.
  Phil's knowledge, experience, dedication, mentoring and consistent 
outstanding performance in his daily tasks have set a fine example in 
providing superior customer service and earned him the respect and 
admiration of his co-workers.
  On behalf of the entire House community, we extend congratulations to 
Philip Melvin for his many years of dedication, outstanding 
contributions and service to the United States House of 
Representatives.
  We wish him many wonderful years in fulfilling his retirement dreams.

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