[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 132 (Friday, August 2, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1030-E1031]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      HONORING MS. BJ WHITE-OLSON

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                          HON. JENNIFER WEXTON

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, August 2, 2019

  Ms. WEXTON. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor my constituent, Ms. 
BJ White-Olson, who is retiring from the Department of the Navy after 
more than 46 years of faithful civilian service to our nation, 
culminating as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Management 
and Budget (DASN (M&B)) for the past 10 years.
  As a senior advisor, she reported to the Assistant Secretary of the 
Navy (Research Development and Acquisition) (ASN (RD&A)), whose 
significant responsibilities include development and acquisition of 
Navy & Marine Corps platforms and weapon systems. ASN (RD&A) is the 
Service Acquisition Executive for Navy and Marine Corps, which includes 
responsibility of procuring all Ships, Submarines, Aircraft and Weapon 
Systems, exceeding $100B in contracts annually and necessitating 
testimony before our Defense Authorization and Appropriation Oversight 
Committees, and maintaining close relationships with fellow Members of 
Congress and Professional Staff Members.

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  Ms. White-Olson's broad and diverse portfolio included policy and 
oversight responsibilities for matters pertaining to the Planning 
Programming Budgeting and Execution System, Strategic Acquisition 
Planning, Acquisition Governance, Analysis of Contractor Performance, 
and a responsive Congressional Liaison Division. She covered dynamic 
issues across all organizational domains and additionally was the Navy 
Secretariat representative for the Federally Funded Research 
Development Centers oversight.
  Prior to her current assignment, Ms. White-Olson served in the 
Department of the Air Force. From January 2006 to December 2009, she 
was the Director for Budget Management and Execution, Office of the 
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Budget. During her 
assignment, she was responsible for the management, budget formulation, 
and execution of $130B in Air Force appropriations, establishing and 
enforcing budget policy Air Force wide, as well as formulation, 
justification and execution of the Air Force Working Capital Funds and 
for Air Force Security Assistance budgets.
  From July 2002 to January 2006, Ms. White-Olson was the Associate 
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Cost and Economics, Office of the 
Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Financial Management and 
Comptroller, where she assisted the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the 
Air Force for Cost and Economics in supervising Air Force cost, 
economic and business case analysis.
  Prior to becoming a member of the Senior Executive Service, her 
assignments included Special Assistant for Financial Management 
Transformation, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for 
Financial Management and Comptroller; Technical Director, Office of the 
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Cost and Economics, Office of the 
Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Financial Management and 
Comptroller; and assignments at major command and base levels.
  Ms. White-Olson is a Certified Defense Financial Manager, Level III 
Acquisition Professional in Financial Management and a recognized 
innovative leader. I am proud to represent Ms. White-Olson in Congress, 
and I thank her and her family for her honorable service to our nation 
within both the United States Navy and Air Force. Madam Speaker, I ask 
my colleagues to join me in wishing Ms. BJ White-Olson `fair winds and 
following seas' as she concludes a distinguished career of public 
service.

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