[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 17 (Wednesday, January 29, 2014)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E141]
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                        HONORING NANCY HEIMBAUGH

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                          HON. JAMES P. MORAN

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, January 29, 2014

  Mr. MORAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor and recognize the 
outstanding contributions made by Ms. Nancy Heimbaugh, who will retire 
from the Defense Logistics Agency in Fort Belvoir, Virginia, on 
February 3, 2014.
  Ms. Heimbaugh's distinguished government career spans 37 years, and 
her record of achievement during this period reflects greatly upon 
herself and upon the organizations at which she has served, including 
her most recent role as DLA's Senior Procurement Executive/Component 
Acquisition Executive (SPE/CAE). Her contributions to the national 
defense were significant and she will be missed as she moves on to new 
and exciting opportunities.
  Ms. Heimbaugh, originally from Portsmouth, New Hampshire, entered the 
Federal service working for the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, 
Maine, in 1976. There, she held a series of positions in purchasing and 
supply. In 1984 she became a contracting officer for the Naval Supply 
Center in Charleston, South Carolina. Ms. Heimbaugh attended Strayer 
University, and the National Defense University, Industrial College of 
the Armed Services, and is the recipient of special achievement and 
performance awards, including the Exceptional Civilian Service Award in 
2012, Meritorious Civilian Service Award in 2007 and Vice President 
Gore's National Performance Review's Heroes of Reinvention Hammer Award 
for Electronic Commerce in 1996. In 1999, she was selected into the 
Defense Leadership and Management Program, a program designed to 
provide a Department of Defense framework for developing future 
civilian leaders.
  In 1991, Ms. Heimbaugh joined the Naval Supply Systems Command 
Headquarters as a senior procurement analyst providing contracting 
expertise and guidance to field contracting activities. Ms. Heimbaugh 
joined the Defense Logistics Agency in 2001 as a senior procurement 
analyst.
  Ms. Heimbaugh reached a career benchmark in 2007 with her selection 
into the Senior Executive Service as Director of Contracting and 
Acquisition Management at Defense Supply Center in Philadelphia; the 
first PLFA-level Acquisition Executive appointed in the Agency. She was 
responsible for managing an acquisition workforce generating $14 
billion in awards across four supply chains. Ms. Heimbaugh then served 
as the Director of Contracting and Acquisition Management in 2009. Her 
leadership was epitomized by the Defense Logistics Agency's performance 
during Hurricane Sandy, when she personally cut through the red tape in 
the contracting process to ensure needed supplies and services were 
delivered to our fellow citizens in New York and New Jersey in record 
time.
  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to recognize Nancy Heimbaugh's 
contributions to the Defense Logistics Agency and the American people, 
and I ask that my colleagues join me in congratulating her on her 
retirement from civil service. She epitomizes the dedication and 
professionalism that make our Federal civil service a model all over 
the world.

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